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# Software Development Engineer

- **Company:** Tech Observer
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $187,200.0 - $210,080.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Engineering, Data Structures, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Distributed Systems, Network Control, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Code Restructuring, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3be0a8be1c9b3669

## About the Role

* Experience with heavy use of Claude Code, Codex or Cursor for AI-lead development
 * Experience with Golang (Advance level) and Kubernetes
 * 8+ years of experience in Designing, Development and Testing of Enterprise products using Golang
 * BS in Computer Science required
 * Anybody who has done Golang development on Kubernetes with multi-node or distributed systems will be a good match.
 * Should be an AI native - have used AI to code from the ground up and understand how to use Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, * Experience with heavy use of Claude Code, Codex or Cursor for AI-lead development
 * Experience with Golang (Advance level) and Kubernetes
 * 8+ years of experience in Designing, Development and Testing of Enterprise products (Golang preferred).
 * BS in Computer Science required
 * Good understanding of Microservice Architectures and Cloud Native platforms
 * Designing micro services to operate and scale in a distributed system architecture that scales to thousands of nodes
 * Proven design sensibility and the willingness to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
 * Solid CS background in data structures, algorithms and software design.

Join us if you're passionate about building innovative software solutions that make an impact! We value energetic minds eager to collaborate on complex challenges while contributing to a forward-thinking environment dedicated to excellence in software engineering.

## Description

* Primary duties of this contracting position will be
 * Create simulation framework for the Portworx Enteprise Control Plane to run clusters of 1000s of nodes without hardware contraints
 * Refactor and redesign internal product interfaces to enable simulation and remove hardware dependency
 * Recommend & impement clean software abstraction in the Product
 * Experimenting with new technologies in order to push the state-of-the-art and innovate new solutions


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