Sr Software Engineer, PLM Platform

Cayuse Holdings; United States; Remote; USD 94,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for a PLM Platform, offering remote work in the US or Canada as an Independent Contractor. You will architect, develop, and operate backend services and integrations connecting PLM with ERP and analytics, while owning CI/CD, Kubernetes deployment, and production support.

The role requires 11+ years of backend experience, strong C#/.NET skills, cloud-native Azure expertise, and hands-on API/integration work in a production environment.

Qualifications

• 11+ years building and supporting production backend software.
• Strong backend development experience; C#/.NET preferred.
• Cloud-native engineering experience; Azure preferred.
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes and production troubleshooting.
• API design and integration including REST, pagination, retries, idempotency, and OAuth/OpenID Connect.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate backend services, integrations, automation, and extensions connecting PLM with ERP, analytics, ECAD, and other systems.
• Own end-to-end solutions—from architecture and coding through CI/CD, Kubernetes deployment, observability, and production support.

Skills

Backend expertise

C#/.NET

Java

Kubernetes

Azure

APIs

OAuth 2.0

CI/CD

IaC

Telemetry

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Event Hubs

Job description

Overview

JobTitle: Sr Software Engineer - PLM Platform (Product Lifecycle Management)Location: Remote - US or Canada

Job Type:Independent Contract (Contractor / Non-Employee)StartDate:ASAP

Pay Rate:$68-72/hr 1099 / C2C

Responsibilities

Role overview

This is a hands-on senior individual-contributor role supporting the technical layer around a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The engineer will build and operate backend services, integrations, automation, and custom extensions that connect PLM with ERP, analytics, ECAD, and other downstream enterprise systems.

The ideal candidate is a production-minded backend engineer who can own solutions end-to-end—from architecture and coding through CI/CD, Kubernetes deployment, observability, and production support.

Qualifications

Core requirements

• 11+ years of experience building and supporting production backend software
• Strong expertise in modern backend development; C#/.NET is preferred
• Strong Java, Go, or Kotlin engineers are also acceptable if willing to work in C#/.NET
• Cloud-native engineering experience, preferably Microsoft Azure
• AWS or GCP experience is acceptable
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes, including real-world troubleshooting
• Strong API and enterprise-integration experience, including:
• REST APIs
• API pagination, retries, idempotency, and partial-failure handling
• OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect/OIDC
• Experience with relational and document data modeling
• Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD ownership
• Bicep, Terraform, ARM, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable tools
• Strong understanding of code-level design patterns and SOLID principles
• Automated testing, production telemetry, troubleshooting, and operational ownership
• Excellent written communication for design notes, runbooks, and engineering documentation
• Interest in product-engineering domains, including product definitions, BOMs, engineering changes, and release processes

Preferred experience

• PLM, PDM, ERP, CAD, or engineering-systems background
• PTC Windchillexperience is a strong plus, though PLM experience is not mandatory
• Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, Event Grid, or other message-driven architecture experience
• OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, Grafana, or related observability tooling
• Experience modernizing legacy applications while maintaining production stability
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools productively for development, debugging, testing, and documentation