Senior Software Engineer

Minnesota - Developer

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Job Description

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Contract

6 months

Location

Remote

Rate

$70/hour W2

Scope

The resources will be supporting an engineering team tasked with building a research data platform which will ingest and make discoverable research generated data.

Skills & Experience

• Create, verify, and maintain data replication scripts
• Create, verify, and maintain data validation, processing, and ingestion pipelines
• Deploy and automate the execution of data replication scripts and data pipelines in cloud infrastructure
• Create and maintain data catalogs that describe datasets and their contents (i.e. files, file types, tables/views, columns, fields, etc.)
• Create, verify, and maintain dashboards and reports that characterize ingested datasets
• Create, verify, and maintain data validation scripts/APIs that verify the production dataset contains the correct number of samples/records, expects values/fields/columns are populated, and values are of the correct data type, format, and range.
• Deploy and automate the execution of data validation scripts/APIs
• Create and maintain user documentation (dataset descriptions, tutorials, code examples, etc.)
• Define entitlements, user groups, roles, and permissions utilized to grant access to datasets

Programming Languages

* Primary pipeline development language with be python. Some datatypes and formats may require the use of other languages (i.e. java, R, etc.) because the libraries/frameworks/sdks available to work with those datatypes and formats are not available in python

Operating Systems

Primary operating system for data pipeline execution will be linux, with data pipelines packaged, deployed, and run as containers. Data source systems could be windows or linux based. Infrastructure: Primary data platform and data pipeline execution infrastructure will be hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) utilizing cloud native technologies (i.e. Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Google Batch, Dataflow, Cloud SQL, etc.). Data will be replicated from various on-premises sources that include laboratory instruments, network shared drives, and windows desktops attached to instruments.

Development Tools

Sprints, features, and tasks will be managed in Azure DevOps. Code will be managed and versioned Azure DevOps based git repositories. Code will be compiled, packaged, and deployed utilizing Azure DevOps build pipelines. Data pipelines will be packaged, deployed, and run in docker containers. Docker containers will be stored and versioned in Google Cloud Artifact Repositories. Veracode will be utilized to scan source code for vulnerabilities and Prisma Cloud will be utilized to scan containers. The standard integrated development environment will be jetbrains (pycharm, intellij, etc.) or VSCode.

Preferred Candidates

• Experience working on healthcare, life science, or scientific research projects
• A degree or domain knowledge in a life science related field (biochemistry, genetics, biology, etc)
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform based infrastructure and services 100% remote. Client will provide equipment.

Required qualifications for this position include

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field with 5 years of experience as noted below; OR an Associate's degree in Computer/Science/Engineering or related field with 7 years of experience.
• Have in-depth knowledge of software engineering with experience coding applications or services in a high-level language (C, C++, Golang, Java, C# etc.) and a basic knowledge of related fields.
• Demonstrated problem solving and time management skills.
• Possesses strong technical aptitude for designing and implementing software solutions.
• Experience with modern application development frameworks Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Deep hands-on technical expertise, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Agile software development techniques.

Benefits + Perks

Comprehensive Benefit Plan

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

Bonus Opportunities

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.