Contract Associate Engineer, Software Development

Sinclair Digital is the innovation team transforming how local news and television are produced, distributed, and consumed. They are seeking a Contract Associate Engineer to build and operate cloud services, learn full stack development, and design AI-assisted features for content delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate cloud services using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices
• Learn full stack development across the full spectrum of software engineering
• Design and build proof-of-concepts (POCs) for new content-delivery methods, including AI-assisted features such as automated content tagging, summarization, search, and personalization
• Use AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., code assistants, LLM APIs) to accelerate prototyping and delivery, applying sound judgment about where these tools fit
• Collaborate across teams, present your ideas, and iterate based on critical feedback
• Follow engineering best practices while exploring new and emerging technologies

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a Full Stack Web Development certificate paired with an Applied Science degree, or equivalent practical experience
• ~6 months of experience in application and/or web development (internships, co-ops, and project work count)
• Working familiarity with several of the following: JavaScript, Java, Node.js/Express, Python, ReactJS, MySQL, MongoDB/Mongoose, HTML5, and CSS
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Exposure to Docker, microservices, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux fundamentals, and serverless / event-driven architecture
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML concepts or tools — for example, calling LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, prompt engineering, or basic ML model integration
• Curiosity about applying AI responsibly to media, content delivery, and developer productivity

Benefits

• Upon successful conversion to full-time status, you would be eligible for company benefits that include participation in a retirement plan
• Quarterly and annual incentive plan bonuses
• Life and disability insurance
• Health, dental and vision plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• 15 paid vacation days
• 2 paid personal days
• 9 paid holidays
• 40 hours of paid sick leave
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan

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