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# Staff/Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** STAFFING SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Botnet, Data Normalization, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, OAuth, Public Key Infrastructure, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Data Logging, GitHub Copilot, Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Spring-boot, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Free and Open-Source Software, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Dynatrace, Databricks, Microservices
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us4c72869400d5f2d1ea1843b970e4d91b

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience building production distributed systems
 * Strong Java + Spring Boot
 * Strong AWS experience
 * Experience with microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture
 * Experience building ML/AI inference pipelines
 * Data normalization, feature pipelines, model-serving integration
 * Hands-on Edge Computing / CDN

 * Edge Workers
 * CDN Functions
 * Lambda@Edge or similar
 * Strong system architecture/design experience
 * Experience building 0-to-1 / greenfield systems
 * Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
 * Strong experience using AI-assisted development tools

 * GitHub Copilot
 * LLM-based coding tools
 * Agentic coding assistants
 * Strong JavaScript/TypeScript or ability to work with JS/TS edge runtimes

Nice-to-Have

 * Identity/Security experience: JWT, JWS, PKI, OAuth 2.0, bot detection
 * Python
 * Databricks
 * ML Model Registry
 * Observability: distributed tracing, logging, dashboards
 * Third-party/vendor integrations
 * Open-source contributions

Tech Stack

 * Backend: Java, Spring Boot
 * Cloud: AWS
 * Edge: Edge Workers, CDN Compute, Lambda@Edge
 * AI/Data: Python, Databricks, ML Model Registry
 * Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
 * Dev Tools: GitHub Copilot, AI/LLM coding tools



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