Software Engineer

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Platform/ Software Engineer with a strong development background and hands-on experience to help design, build, and operate scalable, reliable platforms. This role blends cloud infrastructure management, automation, and software development, with a focus on modernizing systems and enabling engineering teams through shared platforms and tooling. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across AWS, CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and application development, and enjoys building reusable libraries and automation frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Manage and maintain AWS cloud resources, including:

o Provisioning, upgrading, and optimizing cloud infrastructure

o Supporting cost, performance, and scalability best practices

• Lead and support the migration of applications from EC2-based deployments to containerized Kubernetes environments

• Collaborate on cloud architecture decisions and platform standards

Application Modernization & Development

• Contribute to the development of common libraries and shared services used across engineering teams

• Support and enhance:

o Batch processing applications using the Spring Framework

o Node.js services, including AWS Lambda-based builds

o ReactJS-based front-end components, including open-source packages

• Apply best practices in application design, testing, and maintainability

Automation & Scripting

• Build and maintain automation tools using Python, leveraging frameworks such as FastAPI

• Develop scripts and utilities to improve deployment speed, reliability, and developer productivity

Pay Rate: 60/hr

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Skills and Requirements

• Solid development background with experience in one of the following:

o Java

o Node.js

o Python

• Hands-on experience managing AWS cloud environments

• Experience working with CI/CD tools, especially Jenkins

• Familiarity with containerization and Kubernetes

• Ability to bridge development and operations through automation and shared tooling - Experience migrating legacy or VM-based applications to container platforms

• Exposure to microservices architecture

• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and serverless architectures

• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)

• Experience with Linux-based systems, middleware, and patching processes