Principal software engineer

job summary:
Lead cross-platform incident response and post-mortems, drive systemic fixes, and evolve standards to prevent recurrence-across applications and the platform.

Uplevel engineering velocity by introducing reusable frameworks, paved paths, and CI/CD templates that simplify integration, reduce toil, and improve reliability at scale.

Reduce cost and complexity across the ML ecosystem through pragmatic technology choices, clear abstractions, and a long-term platform roadmap.

location: Jersey City,, New Jersey
job type: Contract
salary: $75 - 76 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:

• Bachelor's degree, Controller's degree, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is required. You should have 8+ years, typically 10+, of experience building and operating production platforms at scale.
• Deep software engineering expertise in Python and distributed systems, with a proven track record of building production-grade services. Proficiency in Linux and scripting are required. Familiarity with Java or Groovy is a plus.
• Cloud platform leadership (AWS)-hands-on with S3, Lambda, Batch, and more.
• Experience with DevOps and continuous integration/delivery at scale, including Jenkins and Git-based workflows.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform/OpenTofu) and platform reliability engineering.
• ML enablement in production, including model packaging, deployment strategies, performance tuning, and observability.
• Cross-org technical leadership: mentoring engineers and driving systemic improvements.

qualifications:
Set platform strategy and standards for ML packaging, deployment, serving, and observability-driving consistent adoption across squads and business units.

Partner with Data Scientists to package, scale, and operationalize models; define the APIs, guardrails, and automation that take work from experimentation to reliable production.

Enable secure, scalable access to traditional and generative models by collaborating with platform and application engineers to integrate through enterprise gateways and services.

Advance model/data observability-tooling for data and feature drift detection, prediction-quality monitoring and uncertainty signals, and automated diagnostics/explainability.

Equal Opportunity Employer: 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 want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [email protected].


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, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.