Senior Cloud / AI Developer

This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (MBI/T2) clearance. The investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, and other adjudicative factors. U.S. residency requirements apply: candidates must have resided in the U.S. (including territories) for the last five years with no absences longer than 6 months (U.S. citizens) or 90 days (non-U.S. citizens) consecutively in the last 3 years.

About the role

The Senior Cloud / AI Developer designs, develops, and maintains Java-based, cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that support image-based business workflows. This role builds secure, scalable services for capturing, processing, storing, and distributing images for use both within the organization and with external partners. The position collaborates closely with DevOps, QA, Product Management, and security stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions that meet performance, security, and compliance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications for cloud environments, using modern engineering practices and cloud-native patterns.
• Implement cloud-native solutions on GCP to support image capture, ingestion, processing, storage, retrieval, and distribution workflows.
• Create and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless integration with internal services and external partners, including versioning, documentation, and backward compatibility considerations.
• Implement AI-enabled capabilities for use cases.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues and defects in cloud applications, including root-cause analysis and preventative fixes.
• Ensure applications meet security standards and applicable compliance requirements through secure coding practices, IAM/authorization controls, encryption, auditing, and policy-aligned data handling.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable deployments and environment consistency in partnership with DevOps.
• Implement observability practices including logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and operational documentation/runbooks.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including DevOps, QA, and Product Management to plan, deliver, test, and support high-quality software solutions.
• Participate in architecture/design reviews, code reviews, and technical documentation; contribute to shared standards and best practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in technology or software development.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited college/university, or an additional four years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong professional experience developing backend services and APIs in Java.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating applications on GCP, using serverless and/or container-based approaches.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, including authentication/authorization patterns and integration with other services.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into applications and familiarity with basic evaluation/monitoring concepts.
• Knowledge of secure engineering practices, including least privilege, service accounts, secrets management, encryption in transit/at rest, and audit logging.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code and Git-based development workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for cloud applications, including defect triage, performance tuning, and production support with observability tools.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering, QA, DevOps, product, and security stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices.
• Familiarity with change/configuration management tools (e.g., VersionOne, ServiceNow) and/or Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices.
• Hands-on exposure to container or serverless concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals, or managed/serverless deployments).

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 40
• Travel required: Less than 10%
• Telecommuting options: Remote (any U.S. location)

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, including options with Health Savings Accounts.
• 401(k) plan with pre- and post-tax contribution options and company match.
• Paid time off: 15 days of vacation/sick/personal time and 10 paid holidays per year (prorated based on hire date).
• Paid Family Leave: Up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
• Additional leave: Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Income protection: Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance.
• Flexible work weeks where possible to encourage work/life balance.
• Career growth tools: AI-powered career development tool and internal mobility team support.