Software Engineer
The Software Engineer will provide first-level support and development for production software applications within a major Confidential Client's merchandising ecosystem. Responsibilities include developing monitoring solutions, troubleshooting code, automating support processes, and collaborating with development teams to enhance application performance and reliability using a diverse set of technologies including AWS cloud services, front-end and back-end programming, and API design. This role offers an opportunity to expand technical skills across multiple applications and cloud technologies in a dynamic environment.
About Careertakes
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What You’ll Do
You will serve as a first-level support and development resource for production software applications that support a large retail merchandising ecosystem. In this contract role you’ll focus on improving reliability, automating support workflows, troubleshooting code and data issues, and delivering monitoring and integration solutions that keep production systems healthy.
- Act as first-level support for production issues affecting merchandising applications
- Build and maintain monitoring, alerting and metrics solutions to proactively detect problems
- Troubleshoot, debug, and implement fixes for internally developed code
- Run SQL queries to investigate and resolve data-related issues
- Improve systems that gather and report metrics for application features
- Track, update, and resolve technical challenges in an organized, timely manner
- Collaborate with PLM and development teams on related software projects
- Update and enhance existing applications to increase performance and reliability
- Automate repetitive support tasks to increase team efficiency
- Design, build and configure RESTful APIs to support integrations
- Maintain clear, up-to-date technical documentation
Qualifications (Required)
- 2–5 years of professional software development or engineering experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Front-end experience with React and TypeScript
- Back-end experience using object-oriented languages such as Java or Python (C++ also acceptable)
- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Proficiency writing and optimizing SQL queries
- Experience designing and configuring RESTful APIs
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, SQS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Strong troubleshooting skills for production systems and ability to work independently under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Perl, C/C++, or other scripting languages
- Exposure to middleware or integration platforms
- Familiarity with enterprise-scale applications and merchandising/PLM systems
- Experience with Generative AI or other AI technologies on AWS
- Prior production support or SRE-focused experience
Employment Details
- Employment type: Contract (CONTRACTOR)
- Location: California (CA), United States — on-site or client-directed assignment within the state
- Assignment may require background checks and access to protected client systems
- This is a staffing/contract assignment; you will be engaged by a staffing provider supporting a Confidential Client
Compensation & Benefits
- Pay range (good-faith estimate): $62.00 – $67.00 per hour (USD)
- Contract benefits may include optional medical, dental, vision, retirement offerings and other contractor benefits depending on the staffing provider and assignment
Nice-to-Know / Legal & Compliance
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable law (for example, the California Fair Chance Act and relevant local ordinances). Some assignments may require adherence to client-specific security, confidentiality, or compliance requirements; these will be disclosed during the hiring process.
Skills & Keywords (for quick reference)
- Software Engineer, Production Support, AWS, React, TypeScript
- Java, Python, C/C++, RESTful APIs, SQL, Monitoring, Automation
- Merchandising / PLM exposure, Middleware, Generative AI (AWS)
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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