Digital Engineering-Software Architect

Job Summary

Principal Software Engineer – Telecommute, Contract Salary: $60–100 per hour

Work hours:

8am to 5pm

Education:

Bachelors (Computer Science or related field)

• Product Focus & Innovation
  :
  Collaborate with engineering teams to architect and develop resilient, reliable, scalable, secure, compliant, and highly available products, while researching and prototyping new architectural patterns for AI integration.

• Discovery & Technical Roadmap
  :
  Contribute to technical roadmap refinement by researching new technologies, tools, and frameworks for potential adoption, particularly those related to Generative AI and Agentic Architectures.

• Standards/Best Practices
  :
  Identify, document, communicate, champion, and drive adoption for standards, policies, processes, best practices, and aligned software architecture/software engineering viewpoints, including new paradigms introduced by AI systems.

• Technical Leadership
  :
  Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and feedback to team members to grow overall team capabilities, especially in emerging technical areas.

• Outcome-Oriented
  :
  Display ownership of outcomes, provide trusted expertise for effort estimates, and offer alternative approach recommendations along with associated tradeoffs/risks when appropriate.

• Industry Knowledge
  :
  Keep current on industry standards and bring insights back to the team.

• 10+ years of overall hands‑on software engineering experience.

• Strong foundation in core software engineering and distributed systems, with experience in AI‑focused platforms.

• 6+ years designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs.

• Experience architecting, designing, and developing complex, cloud‑native, scalable, performant, and highly available distributed systems.

• Expertise in microservice architectural patterns and design.

• Expertise in Java/Spring Boot.

• Experience in Python.

• Strong understanding of relational and No
  
  SQL databases (Postgres, Mongo
  
  DB, Neo4j), SQL, and database/schema design.

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform compute platforms, including container orchestration (GKE) and serverless (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions).

• Experience with message broker/event queue technologies (Rabbit
  
  MQ, Google Cloud Pub/Sub).

• Experience with API management platforms (Apigee X).

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Generative AI Platforms:
  Experience with Google Cloud’s AI platform services, such as Vertex AI, Agent Builder, and related Generative AI tools (e.g., Lang Chain).

• Data & Analytics:
  Experience with data warehousing and analytics platforms, particularly Google Big Query.

• Healthcare Data:
  Experience with healthcare data standards, such as HL7 and FHIR.

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, research emerging technologies, and build rapid prototypes/proofs‑of‑concept.

• Be curious about technology and always ready for change.

• Learn and grow professionally; embrace continuous improvement.

• Seek and value feedback to guide development and improve software.

• Maintain self‑awareness and assess situations calmly to develop optimal next steps.

• Demonstrate positivity and resilience in solving challenges.

• Collaborate effectively with the team, sharing knowledge and mentoring.

• Live Ascension’s core values: service of the poor; reverence; integrity; wisdom; creativity; dedication.

• Computer Science Bachelor’s degree or degree in related field of study.

Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and comply with reasonable accommodations for all applicants.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate’s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, life insurance, short‑term disability, and a 401(k) plan (all benefits based on eligibility).

Post duration: 30 days. This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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