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IT Software Engineer

Purplejack Technologies LLC
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 9/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/24/2026

? Main function: apply principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to design, development, testing, and evaluation of software and systems ? Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software ? Applications include medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing ? Review and approve modification of existing databases and database management systems ? Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions; specify identifiers of database to management system ? Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations ? Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost ? Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files ? Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise installation and testing of new products and improvements ? Develop standards and guidelines for software use/acquisition and protection of vulnerable information o Reports to Software Engineering Manager o Responsibilities within functional lines assisting in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, computing systems ? Work as part of Agile team and participate in Scrum activities ? Perform all programming, development, integration, and system administration assignments without close supervision ? Design, code, test, and debug programs of high complexity ? Configuration or customization of purchased software solutions with high complexity ? Provide project management, programming, systems, and/or system administration leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members ? Work on more complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including off-shift and weekend support calls ? Work independently on complex processes and modules used by one or more programs, systems, or infrastructure component change management ? Develop major system modules, programs, or infrastructure releases based on requirements from system customers ? Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of system components ? Fully knowledgeable of programming languages, program design, specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, system analysis, testing, debugging, documentation standards, file design, storage, and internal systems ? Perform integration tasks for in-house developed systems and/or purchased hardware and software solutions ? Assist customers with documentation, training, and usability efforts

Requirements

? 8 years or more of software development experience (or 6 years with master's degree in CS or related field) ? 8 years or more experience designing and developing software applications in Java (or 6 years Java with master's degree in CS or related field) ? At least 3 years experience developing in AWS: CloudFormation templates, deploying ECS clusters, Lambda, Fargate, Amazon Elastic Search ? Strong understanding of IAM roles and policies ? Gen AI experience for software development o Designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software at scale o 3 years building and developing with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) o Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases o Application architectural patterns (MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.) o Deploying software using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.) o Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds (AWS or Azure) o Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum) ? Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following: o Batch or stream processing systems (AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Kinesis) o Experience designing well-defined RESTful APIs o Hands-on experience with API tools (Swagger, Postman, Assertible) o Test-driven development and behavior-driven development o Hands-on experience with testing tools (Selenium, Cucumber) and their integration into CI/CD pipelines o Datastores (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle) ? Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms)


Salary : $56

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