Remote Senior Engineer — Cybersecurity AI & Microservices

Dahl Consulting; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Dahl Consulting is seeking a Senior Engineer to join its Cybersecurity AI Activation & Engineering team as a contract role. This hands-on position focuses on building secure, scalable software and AI-enabled services for production, with opportunities to influence enterprise architecture and delivery.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong Java or Kotlin skills (Spring Boot), Python automation, and hands-on Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and GitHub workflows in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience with Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Design, build, and support microservices and REST APIs in production.
• Proficient in Python for automation and scripting.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deployment.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and Agile development.
• Hands-on GitHub usage: PRs, reviews, branch management.
• Strong debugging and production support skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable production services, APIs, pipelines, and backends.
• Build microservices and RESTful APIs aligned with architectures.
• Develop Java or Kotlin apps in Spring Boot; use Python for automation.
• Contribute to CI/CD, automated tests, and software quality.
• Perform code reviews and GitHub collaboration.
• Identify risks and blockers and drive resolution.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams.
• Support AI-enabled and cybersecurity-focused engineering solutions.

Skills

Java or Kotlin

Spring Boot

Microservices & REST APIs

Python for automation

Docker & Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub usage

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Agile development

Troubleshooting complex apps

Production-grade software

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

GitHub Actions

Job description

Dahl Consulting is seeking a Senior Engineer to join its Cybersecurity AI Activation & Engineering team as a contract role. This hands-on position focuses on building secure, scalable software and AI-enabled services for production, with opportunities to influence enterprise architecture and delivery.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong Java or Kotlin skills (Spring Boot), Python automation, and hands-on Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and GitHub workflows in