Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Primary Talent Partners is seeking a hands-on Senior/Lead-level Software Engineer to code, lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and help shape the strategy of the company’s enterprise AWS-based data platforms (Swift & FAB), delivering scalable, secure, and supportable solutions for the entire enterprise. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, operating at or near a Lead Engineer level to deliver, support, and strategically evolve enterprise platforms that power the company’s Data Fabric strategy.

Must-Have Requirements

• Overall Experience: 10+ years in Software, Cloud, or Platform Engineering
• Level: Senior Engineer trending toward Lead — must show leadership without formal management title
• Coding: Strong, current hands-on coding in Python and/or Java; must pass live coding assessment
• Cloud Platform: Hands-on AWS experience building enterprise-scale platforms (not just usage/consumption)
• Data Platforms: Must show BOTH Data Lake AND Data Pipeline development experience
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (Enterprise) — able to write, debug, and explain modules/providers
• Containers/Orchestration: Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
• Communication: Able to explain technical topics to non-technical stakeholders

Required Technical Skills

AWS Services

• Compute & Containers: Lambda, EKS, Docker
• Storage & Data: S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, Glue (Catalog, ETL, Crawler), Athena, Lake Formation
• Security & Access: IAM, Secrets Manager, API Gateway

Platform & Software Engineering

• Languages: Python, Java, SQL
• Infrastructure: Terraform Enterprise, Infrastructure as Code, Git
• Delivery: CI/CD pipelines, API design, microservices, event-driven architecture
• Data Tools: Apache Flink, Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg, Distributed data systems

Preferred Skills

• Streaming & Messaging: Kafka, Kafka Schema Registry
• Additional AWS: Step Functions, SNS, SQS, Aurora, EMR, Redshift, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Tooling: Concourse, Vault/Secrets Management platforms
• Architecture: Cloud migration experience, Kubernetes-based microservices, observability/monitoring

Strategic & Leadership Expectations

• Help define the technical direction and roadmap for Swift, FAB, and related platform capabilities
• Evaluate solution options for scalability, security, supportability, and enterprise-wide impact
• Identify the most effective and efficient way to deliver, favoring standardization, automation, and self-service over one-off fixes
• Mentor and elevate other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Cybersecurity, and consuming product teams to balance speed with long-term platform health

Key Responsibilities

Delivery & Support

• Design, build, test, and support cloud-native software and platform services
• Build APIs, automation services, and self-service tooling for platform consumers
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve observability

Strategy & Architecture

• Translate ambiguous business needs into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions
• Recommend architecture and design approaches that hold up across many consuming teams
• Contribute to reusable engineering patterns and platform standards

Communication, Engagement & Availability

• Active, engaged participant in virtual meetings — camera on, prepared, and contributing
• Proactively communicate status, blockers, and risks rather than waiting to be asked
• Comfortable driving and participating in technical discussions, design reviews, and troubleshooting sessions over Teams/virtual channels
• Write clear, concise documentation and async updates that colleagues in different locations and time zones can follow without live explanation
• Build trust and rapport with distributed teammates and stakeholders through consistent, professional, and personable communication

This is a 12-month contract with a potential for extension. Pay: $81.00 – $91.00/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship. Must be reliably available and responsive during core team hours (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET) and in office 3 days a week. Location: hybrid role requiring candidates to be located in or willing to relocate to the Charlotte, NC area.