Software Engineer at Belcan Hillsboro, OR

Comunidade Metodista; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Belcan in Hillsboro, OR is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain distributed microservices, implement RESTful APIs, and contribute to architectural decisions. You will containerize applications with Docker, orchestrate with Kubernetes, deploy to AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, and champion observability, testing, and security.

This is a direct-hire, hybrid onsite role with 5–10 years of experience, Linux internals knowledge, and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5–10 years of professional software engineering experience with exposure to IaaS or low-level system development.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 5% of the time.
• Experience with Linux administration and internals, including systemd, boot process, and kernel tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed microservices using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Implement RESTful APIs and ensure seamless communication between services.
• Apply microservices design patterns such as service discovery, circuit breaker, and API gateway.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate services with Kubernetes.
• Deploy and manage microservices on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure system visibility.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in peer code reviews.

Skills

Go or Python

Linux administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux internals

Job description

Software Engineer job at Belcan. Hillsboro, OR.

Job Title: Software Engineer Pay Rate: $116,000 - $194,000 Location: Hillsboro, OR Zip Code: 97003 Start Date: Right Away Job Type: Direct Hire Schedule: Onsite/Hybrid (as required) *Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident/Green-Card Holder

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed microservices using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Implement RESTful APIs and ensure seamless communication between services.
• Apply microservices design patterns such as service discovery, circuit breaker, and API gateway.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy discussions.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code following best practices.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate services with Kubernetes.
• Deploy and manage microservices on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure system visibility.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, scalability, and security.
• Work collaboratively with product managers, designers, QA, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in peer code reviews.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning efforts.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps teams to optimize deployments and infrastructure architecture.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Implement unit, integration, and contract testing to ensure code quality.
• Conduct load testing and performance tuning of distributed systems.
• Debug and troubleshoot microservices and distributed system issues.
• Maintain high code quality through automated testing and review processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5-10 years of professional software engineering experience with exposure to IaaS or low-level system development.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 5% of the time.
• Experience with Linux administration and internals, including systemd, boot process, and kernel tuning.
• Experience with custom kernel configurations or modules for embedded or hybrid hardware.
• Proficiency in debugging kernel/user-space interactions using tools such as strace, perf, dmesg, lsof, and sysctl.
• Deep understanding of PXE/iPXE, DHCP, TFTP, and UEFI/BIOS flows for hardware provisioning.
• Experience with hardware boot orchestration tools like Tinkerbell, MAAS, or Foreman.
• Familiarity with BMC interfaces (IPMI, Redfish), RAID setups, and hardware telemetry.
• Hands-on experience building immutable OS images (Talos, CoreOS, Yocto).
• Understanding of secure boot flows, disk encryption (LUKS), and TPM provisioning.
• Knowledge of disk cloning, partitioning, and custom OS deployment pipelines.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Go or Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles.

Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract, temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at Belcan.com Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.