Senior Cloud AI Developer

Job Title: Senior Cloud AI Developer

Job Location: Remote

Eligibility/Clearance: This role will require you to obtain and maintain

a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at

a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and

criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as

other adjudications.

This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security

clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the

U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as

follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S.

Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years

(unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have

left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days

consecutively in the last 3 years.

Job Description: The Senior Cloud / AI Developer designs, develops, and

maintains Java-based, cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform

(GCP) that support image-based business workflows. This role builds

secure, scalable services for capturing, processing, storing, and

distributing images for use both within the organization and with

external partners. The position collaborates closely with DevOps, QA,

Product Management, and security stakeholders to deliver reliable

solutions that meet performance, security, and compliance expectations.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications for cloud

environments, using modern engineering practices and cloud-native

patterns.

- Implement cloud-native solutions on GCP to support image capture,

ingestion, processing, storage, retrieval, and distribution

workflows.

- Create and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless integration with

internal services and external partners, including versioning,

documentation, and backward compatibility considerations.

- Implement AI-enabled capabilities for use cases.

- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues and defects in

cloud applications, including root-cause analysis and preventative

fixes.

- Ensure applications meet security standards and applicable

compliance requirements through secure coding practices,

IAM/authorization controls, encryption, auditing, and policy-aligned

data handling.

- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for

repeatable deployments and environment consistency in partnership

with DevOps.

- Implement observability practices including logging, metrics,

tracing, alerting, and operational documentation/runbooks.

- Work closely with cross-functional teams including DevOps, QA, and

Product Management to plan, deliver, test, and support high-quality

software solutions.

- Participate in architecture/design reviews, code reviews, and

technical documentation; contribute to shared standards and best

practices.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited

College/University

- Alternative Path: If the candidate does not possess a relevant

four-year degree, an additional four years of relevant work

experience will be required.

Required Skills:

- Strong professional experience developing backend services and APIs

in Java.

- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating applications

on GCP, using serverless and/or container-based approaches.

- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, including

authentication/authorization patterns and integration with other

services.

- Experience integrating AI capabilities into applications and

familiarity with basic evaluation/monitoring concepts.

- Knowledge of secure engineering practices, including least

privilege, service accounts, secrets management, encryption in

transit/at rest, and audit logging.

- Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code and Git-based

development workflows.

- Strong troubleshooting skills for cloud applications, including

defect triage, performance tuning, and production support with

observability tools.

- Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering,

QA, DevOps, product, and security stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Exposure to Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle

(SDLC) practices.

- Familiarity with change/configuration management tools (for example:

VersionOne, ServiceNow) and/or Application Lifecycle Management

(ALM) practices.

- Hands-on exposure to container or serverless concepts (for example:

Docker, Kubernetes fundamentals, or managed/serverless deployments).

Required Experience:

- 8+ years’ experience in technology or software development

preferred.

Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer

(EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and

applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion,

color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry,

sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status,

family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.