Cloud/AI Developer

orioninnovation; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Innovation seeks a Cloud/AI Developer to design, build and maintain Java-based, cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform. You will implement secure, scalable image-processing workflows, expose RESTful APIs, and collaborate with DevOps, QA, Product and security teams to deliver reliable, compliant software.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), observability, and AI-enabled capabilities such as OCR, classification, and similarity search in production

Qualifications

• Proven experience building backend services and APIs in Java with Spring/Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform.
• Create and maintain RESTful APIs with secure auth and versioning.
• Build image processing pipelines: capture, ingest, transform, store, index, and lifecycle management.
• Incorporate AI capabilities for classification, OCR, redaction, and similarity search in cloud workflows.
• Ensure security, IAM controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance in cloud apps.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable deployments.
• Implement observability: logging, metrics, tracing, alerts, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, Product, and security stakeholders throughout delivery.

Skills

Java backend services

Spring/Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Cloud-native on GCP

AI integration (vision/OCR)

Secure engineering (IAM, encryption)

CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code

Observability (logging/metrics/tracing

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Terraform

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

Job Summary:

The 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Build and maintain image processing pipelines, including validation, transformation, metadata extraction, indexing, and lifecycle management (retention, archival, deletion).
• Implement AI-enabled capabilities for image-driven use cases such as classification, OCR/data extraction, redaction, quality checks, or similarity search using managed services and/or deployed models.
• 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.

Required Skills:

• Strong professional experience developing backend services and APIs in Java (for example, Spring/Spring Boot or similar frameworks).
• 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 with image-centric workflows such as capture/ingestion, object storage, transformation, and metadata management.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into applications (for example, computer vision/OCR, extraction, redaction, or search) and familiarity with basic evaluation/monitoring concepts.
• Knowledge of secure engineering practices, including IAM, least privilege, service accounts, secrets management, encryption in transit/at rest, and audit logging.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (for example, Terraform or equivalent) 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.

Additional Required Skills/Experience:

• A minimum of Eight (8) years' relevant experience.
• A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field then four additional years of related experience is required.
• Typically performs all functional duties independently.
• Note: Special credentials (licenses and/or certifications) may be required at the Task Order level on a case-specific basis.

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, o