Software Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with a strong background in full-stack development, backend engineering, automation platforms, and agentic AI systems. The ideal candidate will be adept at designing, building, and maintaining REST APIs, CRUD-based application flows, and database-backed services. You should have experience with both frontend and backend features, microservice integrations, and distributed workflows utilizing technologies such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, HTML, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain REST APIs and CRUD-based application flows.

• Develop and debug AI-enabled systems where LLMs interact with tools, APIs, workflows, and execution engines.

• Perform system design, root-cause analysis, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems.

• Build, support, and operate production systems across frontend behavior, backend APIs, database persistence, event streams, infrastructure, and runtime services.

• Develop and maintain containerization solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with Agentic AI Agents.

• Understanding of programming languages, with a preference for Rust.

• Foundational understanding of containerization and CI/CD pipelines.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with frontend integrations using TypeScript and JavaScript.

• Passion for working within the AI space and a curiosity for AI technologies.

Work Environment

The role involves collaboration within a dynamic team where everyone works with Docker and Kubernetes in various capacities. The work culture is driven by passion for product development within the AI space, encouraging innovation and AI curiosity.

This is a Contract position based out of Raleigh, NC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $105000.00 - $118000.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.