Software Development Engineer

"All candidates must be directly contracted by ASK Consulting on their payroll and cannot be subcontracted. We are unable to provide sponsorship at this moment".

Job Title: Software Development Engineer

Initial assignment length: 6 Months – Fixed end date of January 29, 2027 but possibility of extension depending on performance and business needs.

Est. Start Date: 8/17/2026 – Est. End Date 01/29/2027

Location: Santa Clara, CA 95054 – 100% onsite at the Santa Clara office. Relocation not considered at this time. Candidate commute time needs to be around 30 minutes only. Candidate location required in resume.

Pay Rate: $95/hr. - $100/hr. on W2

Job Description:

Duties:

• We are looking for a contractor with a strong ability to work effectively in a large codebase using C and Python. The primary focus of this role is to improve operational efficiency while contributing to engineering productivity and product hardening.
• The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in systems and storage and is comfortable operating across test, infrastructure, and release engineering workflows. A strong foundation in networking, storage protocols, Linux kernel concepts, and core operating systems principles—including concurrency, scheduling, synchronization, and memory management—is highly desirable.

Key responsibilities:

• Support debugging and investigation in systems- and storage-related areas where tooling, test behavior, and infrastructure intersect.
• Improve triage quality by helping define better signatures, routing logic, and workflows for issue classification.
• Improve release health, test execution health, triage trends, pass-rate trends, blocker visibility, and operational bottlenecks.
• Improve and extend internal tools and workflows built around Jenkins.
• Work with Git-based development workflows for day-to-day contributions, code reviews, branch management, and collaboration.
• Partner with engineering stakeholders to identify high-value opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve triage scalability.
• Analyze recurring failure patterns and contribute to AI-assisted triage improvements.

Skills:

• Strong programming skills in C , C, and Python, with the ability to write clean, high-performance, and maintainable production code.
• Ability to think critically about system architecture, trade-offs, and failure modes in complex, distributed environments.
• A strong background in relevant systems software projects, such as distributed systems, operating system internals (Linux kernel), and storage environments.
• Good understanding of Git and standard source-control workflows.
• Experience triaging engineering issues, test failures, or operational incidents in a structured way.
• Ability to work independently, identify patterns, and improve operational workflows with minimal supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Education: Preferred B.S or M.S in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About ASK: ASK Consulting is an award-winning technology and professional services recruiting firm servicing Fortune 500 organizations nationally. With 5 nationwide offices, two global delivery centers, and employees in 42 states-ASK Consulting connects people with amazing opportunities

ASK Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.