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Any tips for finding a remote job as a senior software engineer? (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

I am looking for a remote senior software engineer position. Most of my career I have been using connections to move from one job to another but this time I haven't had the luck, so I am mostly blindly applying through LinkedIn.

I know the general tips but I would like to get some more specific tips to improve my chances.

How can I make my CV stand out? I feel I am getting rejected by positions that are way below my qualifications. I have wondered if I should be updating my CV according to the stack of the position I am applying for. Throughout my career I have focused on building transfarable skills and as a result I have worked with a wide variety of technologies and it feels like I am being penalized for that.

Are there any job boards that may be better than LinkedIn? I am tired of skimming through ads about fintech and AI positions. I am not interested in those and I would prefer to work somewhere that I genuinely I am contributing something in the world. Also, I would be interested on job boards on the Fediverse, especially if it meant that my resume is read by humans and not machines.

How can I avoid time wasters? I had applied to Canonical, after 8 interviews and a bunch of offline steps, I was rejected. While the interviews were fun, I feel I have wasted a lot of time and energy for a someone that was not genuinely interested in hiring.

Anything else I should be paying attention to?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think job postings are better in indeed, but tbh >75% I've gotten in pretty much my whole 25+ year career has been through a recruiter. Dice.com used to be big for tech jobs back in the day but I'm not sure any more.

As a SSE, mostly I have recruiters hitting me up through linked in. This is also a really bad time. I've been back to work for about a month after 5 months of not finding anything. That's the worst drought I've had in almost 15 years. Usually it's < 1 month.

Be seriously prepared about cloud. It's so anyone fucking wants right now. I'm a damn good Java/js developer, but I'm still learning the tech stack and I haven't touched a line of code yet in this job. Everything has been configuration and pipelines. I feel more like devops than developer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the hell is the secret to get recruiters to reach out to you? I get literally nothing...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Make sure your profile matches their lazy ass search queries

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep just putting rails and COBOL will get you loads of contacts. Not good ones but you'll get them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Man I would get offers twice a week even after switching jobs when I had data engineer as my job title, took them like a year and a half to stop sending me offers for data positions

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Where do you put it their query items in though? Your headline or whatever it's called?