Senior Software Engineer: Kubernetes, REST, Kafka Lead

Parker Electromechanical; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin in Thornton, CO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to translate Vue.js and Kotlin into robust, high-traffic systems. You’ll bring 7 years of work ethic and earn $120,000 - $172,000 per year with a supportive team and the freedom to drive your own results.

This role requires evaluating new tools, leading design reviews, securing REST API authentication, coordinating releases with stakeholders, and delivering scalable software for Thornton and remote teams.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Stakeholder Management práctica (experience) and hunger for what's next.
• Demonstrated calm when a Thornton, CO client changes scope mid-stream.
• Experience at the senior level inside a temporary role.
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads.
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in.
• Clear thinking under pressure Thornton, CO deadlines.
• Comfort being measured against a clear senior bar.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Kubernetes libraries
• Ship Stakeholder Management experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Lead technical design reviews for senior technology initiatives
• Harden Parker Hannifin's REST API auth so the CO audit comes back clean
• Carry the Stakeholder Management platform work that makes Parker Hannifin's next CO expansion boring
• Spot the deeply collaborative Kafka anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Parker Hannifin
• Wrangle REST API config across environments so Thornton staging mirrors production
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Thornton, CO and remote teams

Skills

Stakeholder management

Senior-level experience

Clear communicator

Pressure management

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

REST API

Job description

Parker Hannifin in Thornton, CO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to translate Vue.js and Kotlin into robust, high-traffic systems. You’ll bring 7 years of work ethic and earn $120,000 - $172,000 per year with a supportive team and the freedom to drive your own results.

This role requires evaluating new tools, leading design reviews, securing REST API authentication, coordinating releases with stakeholders, and delivering scalable software for Thornton and remote teams.