Software Engineer Contract Jobs in Fort Mill, SC

Job#: 3046649
Job Description:
Role: Lead Cloud Data Engineer
Location: Charlotte, NC
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite Weekly
Contract Length: 12 Months, with Potential Extension or FTE Conversion
Bill Rate: $80/hr - $87/hr
Note: We are not able to consider C2C or third-party submissions
Role Overview
In this contingent resource assignment, you will consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Specialty Software Engineering. As the technical lead within the Google Cloud Platform Data Platform organization, you will design, develop, test, and maintain foundational data platform products that enable enterprise-scale data management, analytics, and cloud adoption. This role requires deep expertise in cloud-based data platforms, software engineering, and large-scale distributed systems, with a proven track record of leading complex technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, architecture, development, testing, and deployment of strategic data platform products and services hosted in Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Drive end-to-end delivery of complex software engineering initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Platform Engineering, Cyber Security, and Operations teams to deliver innovative cloud-native solutions.
• Design and implement data ingestion, ETL/ELT, data movement, and batch and streaming data processing solutions.
• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams, establishing engineering standards and best practices.
• Resolve complex technical challenges involving cloud infrastructure, distributed computing, and performance optimization.
• Drive automation, observability, reliability, and disaster recovery capabilities across the platform.
• Act as a technical lead for foundational products, providing architectural guidance across multiple teams.

Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience: 15+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, or military experience. 5+ years leading large-scale software development projects and engineering teams.
Technical Skills:

• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud data platforms, preferably within Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) environments.
• Experience building and optimizing large-scale data platforms, data lakes, analytics solutions, and distributed systems.
• Experience delivering enterprise applications and platform capabilities from requirements through production deployment.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud-native solutions in public cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10-15 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or cloud engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, Scala, or similar languages.
• Experience developing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD implementation.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, metadata management, data governance, and data security principles.
• Demonstrated enterprise-level experience designing and supporting shared platforms or technology solutions.
• Financial services industry experience.

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