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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Strategic Employment Inc
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, BigQuery, Computer Programming, Data Governance, Data Systems, Dimensional Modeling, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Apache Kafka, Machine Learning Operations, Microservices
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Senior-Software-Engineer-Strategic-Employment-770224874325807/

## About the Role

+ 7+ years of software engineering experience
 + 3+ years building data solutions, including real-time streaming and event-driven systems
 + Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala
 + Experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, or BigQuery
 + Solid grasp of data modeling fundamentals, including dimensional modeling and warehouse design
 + Comfort working in Agile/Scrum teams and owning technical decisions with minimal oversight
Nice to have: data governance/lineage experience, exposure to ML workflows, prior technical leadership.

## Description

This is a senior, high-autonomy engineering role on a cross-functional Scrum team. You'll build and back-end APIs and microservices, partner with product, analytics, and engineering stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into reliable systems, and help set the technical bar for pipeline design, testing, and monitoring. This is a full-stack developer role with a heavy emphasis on back-end development and data interchange.


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