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Senior Software Developer
Client Location: Dallas, TX
Starting: 07/07/2025
**MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ON W2, NO C2C**
NOT OPEN TO RELOCATION, MUST BE ONSITE IN SOUTHLAKE TEXAS
Salary/Pay Rate: $62.39 to $69.33 an hour
Firm, non-negotiable: No
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 6mo
Job Description:
Join a leading financial services firm as a Senior Software Developer and make a real impact on their cutting-edge cloud-based applications. You will be a key player in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a focus on web services and CloudRun. This is your chance to leverage your expertise in GCP technologies, Java, and web service development to contribute to a dynamic team and drive innovation in the financial industry.
As a Senior Software Developer, you will be immersed in a dynamic environment, collaborating with architects and fellow engineers to build and maintain robust, cloud-native applications. Your contributions will directly impact the firm's ability to deliver seamless and efficient financial services to its clients. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complex challenges, and contribute to the future of finance.
What You'll Do:
- Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications and services using GCP services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL).
- Collaborate with architects and team members to build scalable, reliable, and secure cloud architectures.
- Utilize Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration for GCP environments.
- Spearhead the deployment process in GCP, managing IAM roles and ensuring proper access control for different services.
- Contribute to conversational AI platform development leveraging Google Cloud services, ensuring seamless integration with Cloud and On-Premise APIs, and other AI-related services.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven, conversational applications. Actively participate in team meetings, planning sessions, and code reviews.
- Ensure high availability, optimal performance, and scalability of the cloud infrastructure. Resolve issues related to the GCP stack and deploy improvements.
Must-Haves:
- B.S. in Computer Science or a related field
- At least 8 years of experience in Java/Python and web service development
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Expertise in services like Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, gRPC, Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL (Cloud SQL), and BigQuery
- Strong understanding of Terraform for infrastructure automation and GCP IAM for access control
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, including microservices and containerization
- Experience deploying and managing applications in CloudRun
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery, data analysis, and integration with databases like PostgreSQL
- Hands-on experience in creating build pipelines using Jenkins/Bamboo and deployment of generated artifacts
- In-depth experience in managing permissions/access of cloud resources
The target hiring compensation range for this role is $62.39 to $69.33 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
Salary : $62 - $69