ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION

This is a long-term hybrid contract role. W2 candidates are preferred; however, we are open to engaging subcontractors with local resources who are physically located in the Greater Minneapolis St. Paul area and able to work onsite at the client’s location.

• Engagement Type: Contract
• On-site interviews required
• Hybrid schedule with 1–2 days onsite initially
• Onsite expectations may increase to 3–4 days per week based on business needs

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
VALERE is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our client within the Personalized Communication/Marketing domain. This role is a senior individual contributor position focused on solution design, architecture, and technical leadership across multiple engineering teams. This is not a people manager role and not a traditional senior engineer role.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS ROLE

• High-impact role influencing solution design and architecture across three engineering teams
• Opportunity to lead technically without people management responsibilities
• Strong balance of strategic design work and hands-on development
• Collaborative engineering environment with cross-team partnership
• Exposure to large-scale, distributed cloud systems

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Act as a technical and solution design engineer supporting three engineering teams
• Design architectures and technical solutions for new initiatives and enhancements
• Provide technical expertise and guidance across teams
• Partner with engineering managers and stakeholders to clarify requirements
• Review designs and recommend technical approaches
• Support teams during implementation as needed

WORK SPLIT

• Approximately 70% solution design, collaboration, and architecture
• Approximately 30% hands-on coding

WHAT YOU BRING

Required

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend and distributed systems focus

• Proven experience serving as a technical expert or solution design lead across multiple engineering teams

• Deep expertise in Java, including strong fundamentals and experience designing scalable backend services

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform in production environments

• Design-level experience with GCP Dataflow, including building and supporting large-scale data processing pipelines

• Experience with event-driven and asynchronous architectures, such as Pub/Sub

• Strong experience designing and supporting cloud-native, highly distributed systems

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs and architectures

• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts and design decisions to technical stakeholders

Preferred

• Experience working in AWS environments alongside GCP

• Familiarity with Java-based Spring or Spring Boot services

• Experience working with BigQuery, including SQL and analytics use cases

• Experience with large-scale data processing and analytics platforms

• Prior experience supporting or guiding multiple engineering teams simultaneously

Pay Rate: This is a contract role with an hourly pay rate of $60-72.

Your specific rate will depend on your qualifications, education, certifications, location, and how well your experience aligns with the client's requirements.

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package to our W2 Employees including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, 401k and Sick Pay where applicable by state law.

A bit about us: We are a woman-owned/woman-run business based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market. We are dedicated to placing talented consultants with top-tier clients. Our commitment to excellence and personalized service sets us apart in the industry.

We welcome diversity: At VALERE, we know that when people from different backgrounds and perspectives come together, amazing things happen. We strive to create a workplace where every employee, candidate, and client feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential. We actively work to dismantle barriers that prevent underrepresented groups from thriving in Tech, UX, and Product careers. No matter your race, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability – we welcome you.

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