Software Engineer
Location: Oakland
Category: Software Development
Employment Type: Contract
Work Location: On-Site
Job ID: 36023
Date Added: 01/27/2026
6-12 months contract
Mainz Brady Group is looking to hire an SW Engineer for our client in Media. We’re looking for a driven technologist who brings fresh perspective, strong engineering fundamentals, and a collaborative mindset. You enjoy solving complex problems, improving how teams work, and building scalable systems that power high-traffic applications.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to design and build high-throughput systems
- Contribute to cross-team architecture and technical design discussions
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across web and mobile services and APIs
- Support full-stack development efforts as needed
- Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices
- Continuously improve development processes and team workflows
- Research and experiment with emerging technologies to inform future solutions
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience building scalable, fault-tolerant, high-volume systems
- Proficiency in Java and open-source technologies (Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch)
- Exposure to AWS services such as EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, and CloudFormation
- Experience across the full application lifecycle, including testing, documentation, and code reviews
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Self-starter with strong communication skills and attention to detail
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures on AWS
