Senior Java Engineer, AVOD & Agentic Development

Eliassen Group; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 156,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join our AVOD team on a remote six-month contract with strong extension potential. You will work on mature Java systems, understanding the platform, supporting services, and building new ones focused on reuse and modernization.

Experience in personalization is a plus, with Pacific Time overlap preferred. This role offers W2 and corp-to-corp options, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Senior-level software engineering experience with strong production-level Java.
• Experience building new services and enhancing existing applications in mature codebases.
• Hands-on agentic development experience using AI agents to actively produce and iterate on code.
• Ability to explain a repeatable agentic workflow from task definition through code generation, review, testing, and integration.
• Enthusiasm for AI-enabled engineering and readiness to work within a mandated agentic model.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support Java-based AVOD systems within a mature platform and established codebase.
• Build new services and add features to existing services with an emphasis on reuse and modernization.
• Balance ongoing platform support with forward-looking development.
• Contribute to personalization-related projects when appropriate.
• Apply agentic development workflows to produce, review, test, and refine code.
• Collaborate within a small, highly senior engineering team.

Skills

Java

Agentic development

AI in code

Code explainability

AVOD experience

Job description

Senior Java Engineer, AVOD & Agentic Development

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Development

Industry: Communications

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-109050

Date Posted: 10/13/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/KQesIW

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Our client seeks a Senior Java Engineer to join the AVOD team supporting a high-priority platform initiative. The environment consists of mature Java systems. You will understand the existing platform, support and enhance current services, and develop new services and features with a focus on future reuse and modernization. The team also drives personalization efforts, and experience in this area would be helpful though not required. This is a fully remote, six-month contract with strong extension potential. Pacific Time overlap is preferred. Hands-on agentic development is a hard requirement.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

JN -102026-109050

Responsibilities:

• Develop and support Java-based AVOD systems within a mature platform and established codebase.

• Build new services and add features to existing services with an emphasis on reuse and modernization.

• Balance ongoing platform support with forward-looking development.

• Contribute to personalization-related projects when appropriate.

• Apply agentic development workflows to produce, review, test, and refine code.

• Collaborate within a small, highly senior engineering team.

Experience Requirements:

• Senior-level software engineering experience with strong production-level Java.

• Experience building new services and enhancing existing applications in mature codebases.

• Hands-on agentic development experience using AI agents to actively produce and iterate on code.

• Ability to explain a repeatable agentic workflow from task definition through code generation, review, testing, and integration.

• Enthusiasm for AI-enabled engineering and readiness to work within a mandated agentic model.

• Preferred: AVOD workflow or platform experience, advertising-based streaming or video-platform background, personalization or recommendation systems, modernization of mature Java systems, and building reusable services or platform components.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([e-mail], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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