Enterprise Senior Software Engineer – Spark

Who is Blueprint?

We are a technology solutions firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with a strong presence across the United States and in Europe. Unified by a shared passion for solving complicated problems, our people are our greatest asset. We use technology as a tool to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, powered by the knowledge, skills, and the expertise of our teams, who all have unique perspectives and years of experience across multiple industries. We’re bold, smart, agile and fun.

What does Blueprint do?

Blueprint helps organizations unlock value from existing assets by leveraging cutting-edge technology to create additional revenue streams and new lines of business. We connect strategy, business solutions, products, and services to transform and grow companies.

Why Blueprint?

At Blueprint, we believe in the power of possibility and are passionate about bringing it to life. Whether you join our bustling product division, our multifaceted services team or you want to grow your career in human resources, your ability to make an impact is amplified when you join one of our teams. You’ll focus on solving unique business problems while gaining hands-on experience with the world’s best technology. We believe in unique perspectives and build teams of people with diverse skillsets and backgrounds. At Blueprint, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients and teams, such as data science and product development, all while learning, growing, and developing new solutions. We guarantee you won’t find a better place to work and thrive than at Blueprint.

What will I be doing?

Blueprint is looking for an Enterprise Senior Software Engineer Spark/Python to join us as we build cutting-edge technology solutions! 

As an Enterprise Senior Software Engineer Spark/Python, you will lead the plan and execution of complex, mission-critical software development projects and program initiatives. You will work with a cross-functional team including engineering, product, design, operations, marketing, finance, legal, business development, and executive teams to bring ideas to market. A successful candidate will be strong in team collaboration and customer obsession, have a solution-oriented mindset, seek data-driven decisions, and will be able to dive deep.

Responsibilities Include:

• 6+ years advanced Experience with Software development.
• Experienced in design or support of enterprise level applications.
• Minimum 5 Years of Hands On Python Development.
• Minimum 3 Years of Hands On Apache PySpark Development
• Minimum 3 years experience building pipelines in Azure DevOps
• Minimum 3 years experience deploying Python applications and notebooks in Azure environment
• Hands on experience developing unit testing to create mock objects that mimic behavior of dependencies
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop simple, elegant solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Being able to work as an individual contributor, as well as potentially managing other team members depending on project.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• Hands on experience of implementing utility handling frameworks with Azure, and .NET

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of hands on experience with Python.
• 3 years of hands on experience with Apache PySpark.  
• 3 years of experienced in design or support of enterprise level applications.
• 3 years of hands on experience building pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• 3 years of experience deploying Python applications and notebooks in Azure environment.
• 3 years of hands on experience developing unit testing to create mock objects that mimic behavior of dependencies.
• Hands on experience with Relational Database (SQL or similar).
• Experience with agile software development methodology and continuous delivery models
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience implementing utility handling frameworks with Azure, and .NET
• Experience with distributed cloud (preferably Azure)
• Experience with Azure Synapse and/or Log Analytics

Salary Range 

Pay ranges vary based on multiple factors including, without limitation, skill sets, education, responsibilities, experience, and geographical market. The pay range for this position reflects geographic based ranges for Washington state: $145,700 to $181,400 USD/annually. The salary/wage and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law. 

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please reach out to: recruiting@bpcs.com 

Blueprint believes in the importance of a healthy and happy team, which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account 
• 401k program 
• Competitive PTO offerings 
• Parental Leave 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development 

Location:Remote 

Enterprise Senior Software Engineer – C#

Who is Blueprint?

We are a technology solutions firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with a strong presence across the United States and in Europe. Unified by a shared passion for solving complicated problems, our people are our greatest asset. We use technology as a tool to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, powered by the knowledge, skills, and the expertise of our teams, who all have unique perspectives and years of experience across multiple industries. We’re bold, smart, agile and fun.

What does Blueprint do?

Blueprint helps organizations unlock value from existing assets by leveraging cutting-edge technology to create additional revenue streams and new lines of business. We connect strategy, business solutions, products, and services to transform and grow companies.

Why Blueprint?

At Blueprint, we believe in the power of possibility and are passionate about bringing it to life. Whether you join our bustling product division, our multifaceted services team or you want to grow your career in human resources, your ability to make an impact is amplified when you join one of our teams. You’ll focus on solving unique business problems while gaining hands-on experience with the world’s best technology. We believe in unique perspectives and build teams of people with diverse skillsets and backgrounds. At Blueprint, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients and teams, such as data science and product development, all while learning, growing, and developing new solutions. We guarantee you won’t find a better place to work and thrive than at Blueprint.

What will I be doing?

Blueprint is looking for an Enterprise Senior Software Engineer – C# to join us as we build cutting-edge technology solutions! 

As an Enterprise Senior Software Engineer C#, you will lead the plan and execution of complex, mission-critical software development projects and program initiatives. You will work with a cross-functional team including engineering, product, design, operations, marketing, finance, legal, business development, and executive teams to bring ideas to market. A successful candidate will be strong in team collaboration and customer obsession, have a solution-oriented mindset, seek data-driven decisions, and will be able to dive deep.

Responsibilities Include:

• 6+ years of advanced Experience with Software development.  
• Experienced in design or support of enterprise level applications.
• Hands on experience of implementing utility handling frameworks with C#, .NET, and Azure.
• Hands on experience developing unit testing to create mock objects that mimic behavior of dependencies.
• 1+ year of experience with Apache Spark.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop simple, elegant solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Being able to work as an individual contributor, as well as potentially managing other team members depending on project.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of excellent coding skills in C#.  
• 5+ years of experience implementing utility handling frameworks with C#, .NET, and Azure.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing unit testing to create mock objects that mimic the behavior of dependencies.
• Experience with PowerShell and/or Bash scripting.
• 3+ years of experience in design or support of enterprise-level applications.  
• Experience with distributed cloud (preferably Azure).
• Experience with Spark (1 year minimum)
• Experience with Azure Synapse and/or Log Analytics
• Hands on experience with Relational Database (SQL or similar).
• Experience with agile software development methodology and continuous delivery models
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Salary Range 

Pay ranges vary based on multiple factors including, without limitation, skill sets, education, responsibilities, experience, and geographical market. The pay range for this position reflects geographic based ranges for Washington state: $145,700 to $181,400 USD/annually. The salary/wage and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law. 

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please reach out to: recruiting@bpcs.com 

Blueprint believes in the importance of a healthy and happy team, which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account 
• 401k program 
• Competitive PTO offerings 
• Parental Leave 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development 

Location:Remote 

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer, AI Enablement to join our AI Platform Acceleration team. The AI Platform Acceleration team will enable AI democratization through apps & services and asymmetric growth through embedding AI capabilities across our business. The cross-functional talent will train and deploy foundational models and sciences, establish an AI platform to enable democratization and engaging with third party vendors to enable speed, scale, and efficiency. 

You will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of Data Scientists, Research Scientists, Software Engineers, and Product Leads to understand business requirements, identify opportunities for AI integration, and ensure our platforms enable development of scalable and robust AI systems. This role will be responsible for partnering with 84.51° teams to understand business requirements in order to design, test and evolve a strategic prompting strategy to guide AI responses.  The successful candidate will be an innovative, forward thinking technology leader with a relentless focus on customers and inspiring people. They will be a natural networker across roles and teams alike.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Full management responsibilities of one software engineer or senior software engineer, including: setting objectives, regular check-ins, coaching, mentoring, and performance reviews.
• Execute the vision, goals, priorities and work alongside the team to accomplish them. Ensure high-quality technical solutions.

• Provide technical guidance and expertise to team members. Drive the technical aspects of solutions where needed including proofs of concepts, sizings, designs, implementation and testing.
• Drive continuous improvement to deliver solutions that are at the forefront of industry leading techniques while also adhering to best practices.
• Design and implement effective prompts to guide AI responses withing specific parameters.
• Conduct thorough testing and analysis of AI responses to prompts, identifying areas for improvement.
• Iterate on prompt designs based on feedback and performance metrics.
• Document prompt design processes and results for future reference and knowledge sharing.
• Develop and maintain tooling frameworks to establish and enforce best practices for effective prompting in AI-powered solutions.
• Lead the technical vision and strategy for prompt engineering, ensuring innovative and efficient approaches to drive excellence in AI applications.

• Support a culture of learning and development. Promote and enable technical skills development in support of high quality code components, systems, and solutions.

• Work in partnership with Product and Architecture teams to derive technical requirements from business requirements and identify risk areas.
• Support recruitment and resource plans of the team to hire great development talent; including; recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding/training
• Escalate concerns to leadership, as needed, and remove roadblocks for the team
• An advocate for 84.51 delivery methodology.
• Participate in and contribute to Agile team ceremonies; including: Backlog Reviews, Retrospectives, Architectural Reviews, team and system demos
• Lead and participate in Communities of Practice.
• Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and relevant certifications in technology and/or project management
• 5+ years of experience working in infrastructure/cloud and/or software development
• 5+ years of experience using advanced algorithms, programming languages, or technologies
• Strong knowledge and skill in cloud computing solutions, technologies, and trends
• Hands-on experience in delivery and support of cloud services in a hybrid or multi-cloud architecture using at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• Extensive, hands-on experience with modern software development concepts such as CI/CD, service-oriented architecture, infrastructure as code, and/or containerization
• Understanding of machine learning and AI principles and development processes
• Strong experience leading and operating in a lean, agile environment with distributed teams.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly on technical topics.
• Comfort with independent learning of new technologies, and willingness to jump into using unfamiliar tools
• High level of independence; ability to make time-sensitive decisions rapidly and solve urgent problems without escalation.
• Strong time and project management skills; the ability to balance multiple, simultaneous work items and prioritize as necessary.
• Demonstrated success in working collaboratively across technology and governance roles to develop, implement, and operate systems that improve processes & efficiencies, and support business strategies.

Desired Characteristics & Technical Skills:

• Experience with Azure, Azure AI Studio, GCP, Vertex AI
• Experience with MLOps/LLMOps patterns and solutions 
• Experience with Databricks, ML Flow
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Harness or related tools

Important

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.

This position is OPEN to candidates seeking Fully Remote / WFH Opportunities who have a permanent residence in the United States. 

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As Lead Identity Platform Engineer, you will have the opportunity to help modernize the identity and access management systems and tools used for our commercial platforms and services at 84.51°. We are looking for a knowledgeable, creative identity engineer that can lead and participate in architectural discussions, use their subject matter expertise in identity and access management to make recommendations for our authentication and authorization systems, and ultimately plan and implement solutions with other identity and shared commercial technology engineers. This position will contribute to the design and implementation of authentication and authorization for our web application ecosystem, providing best practices for our developers, and will support identity initiatives related to our API products.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Take ownership of and drive delivery of authentication and authorization solutions across our commercial web application ecosystem by:

• Leading design and development of identity solutions using a combination of off the shelf tools and homegrown applications
• Participating in architectural discussions related to authentication and authorization
• Contributing to our identity systems as a developer, building prototypes, and evaluating open source and commercial products
• Enabling and supporting engineering initiatives related to API authentication and authorization
• Acting as an identity subject matter expert and resource for other engineers and stakeholders at 84.51°
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related program, or commensurate work experience
• 3+ years of experience implementing authentication and authorization solutions for commercial applications and/or intranet/business to business systems in an enterprise
• In-depth knowledge of full-stack web application architecture and current best practices for implementing authentication and authorization for web applications (Spring Boot+ Angular) and APIs
• Proficiency in current frameworks, specifications, topics and trends within the identity field or related to identity security, including OAuth2.0/OpenID Connect, SAML, JOSE (JWT/JWK), etc.
• 2+ years implementing and integrating on-premise and cloud-based identity providers such as Okta, Azure B2C, Keycloak, Identity Server, etc. and directory systems such as AD LDS/LDAP, Azure AD/Entra ID, etc.
• Experience with Object-Oriented programming in Java (especially using Spring Boot); enough experience to provide model auth-n/auth-z implementations for developers to follow, develop proofs-of-concepts, and contribute to libraries and backend service code
• Proficiency with standard authorization models such as RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC
• Familiarity with policy information, enforcement, and decision systems such as Open Policy Agent, OpenFGA, Topaz, etc.
• Experience working with API gateways and an understanding of how they work and fit into an enterprise environment
• Proficient using RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with additional web (Javascript, Python, Go, etc.) and scripting (PowerShell, etc. ) languages preferred
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code via Terraform preferred
• Comfortable performing version control in GIT and GitHub
• Understanding of CI/CD
• Understanding of non-functional qualities of application maintenance such as monitoring, logging, and alerting in tools like Datadog

Important: We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. 

This position is OPEN to candidates seeking Fully Remote / WFH Opportunities who have a permanent residence in the United States. 

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We are seeking a Lead Software Architect to join our Media Engineering team. The Media Engineering team is focused on a several opportunities and needs across the business organization that includes the design and overseeing implementation of software and data strategies, modernization of applications, cloud native deployments, collaboration with other 84.51° teams, definition of new standards and adoption of emerging technologies, and creating a vision to a first-class media platform.

You will play a role designing, proving, and rolling out new solutions as well as engaging with vendors in evaluations and proof of concepts. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including product owners, software engineers, data scientists, and leaders across the organization that will allow require you to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions. The successful candidate will be an innovative, forward thinking technology leader with a relentless focus on customers and inspiring people. They will be a natural networker across roles and teams alike.

What you will do:

• Lead technology teams, analyzing trade-offs and making decisions on a path forward.
• Design and review cloud native architectures that are understandable but both technical and non-technical teams.
• Technical architects have flexibility based on need. Should be giving consistent direction and be able to rapidly prototype.
• Partner with Data Scientists, Engineers, Experience Design, and Product talent to ensure our platform strategy delivers against requirements, scope, and on time.
• Assessment of current state and planning for a future state that aligns with 84.51˚ objectives.
• Work with the security team on ensuring the solutions your team propose adhere to the recommended best practices.
• Perform research on technology solutions that will enable 84.51˚ to accelerate the delivery of solutions.
• Participate and collaborate on the overall 84.51˚ technology direction as a stakeholder for Media.
• Identify opportunities and formulate a view on 84.51˚ Media’s long-term technology strategy.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical and presenting strategic visions to leadership team.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and relevant certifications in technology and/or project management.
• 7+ years of experience working in engineering organizations.
• 4+ years of experience in tech consulting, retail, or related professional services.
• Strong business sense and ability to translate business problems into data driven solutions.
• Strong knowledge and skills in cloud technologies and trends.
• Hands-on experience in delivery and support of software in the Cloud (Preferrable: Azure).
• Experience with any of the following programming languages: JavaScript (Angular), Java (Spring Boot), or Python (FastAPI) is a plus.
• Experience with modern software development concepts such as CI/CD, service-oriented architecture, infrastructure as code, and/or containerization.
• Excellent communication skills.
• High level of independence; ability to make time-sensitive decisions rapidly and solve urgent problems.

IMPORTANT:This position is OPEN to candidates seeking Fully Remote / WFH Opportunities who have a permanent residence in the United States. 

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We are seeking an Architect/Director for AI Accelerationto join our AI Platform Acceleration team. The AI Platform Acceleration team will enable AI democratization through apps & services and asymmetric growth through embedding AI capabilities across our business. The cross-functional talent will train and deploy foundational models and sciences, establish an AI platform to enable democratization and engaging with third party vendors to enable speed, scale, and efficiency.  

This is a hands-on position - roughly 40% architecture, 40% coding, and 20% administrative.

You will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of Data Scientists, Research Scientists, Software Engineers, and Product Leads to understand business requirements, identify opportunities for AI integration, and ensure our platforms enable development of scalable and robust AI systems. This role will be responsible for partnering with 84.51° teams to lead all strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of building solutions to support the 84.51° AI Acceleration strategy.  The successful candidate will be an innovative, forward thinking technology leader with a relentless focus on customers and inspiring people. They will be a natural networker across roles and teams alike.

Responsibilities:

• Architect end-to-end AI solutions, considering business objectives, data availability, and technical constraints. Understand current 84.51° architecture landscape to assess fit and gaps for bleeding edge AI acceleration work.
• Partner with Data Scientists, Engineers, and Product talent to ensure our platform strategy delivers against requirements, scope, and system deployment need.
• Employ solid change management, performance measurement, automation, and well thought out solution implementation methodologies to ensure AI Acceleration platform architecture is stable and reliable.
• Implement industry best practices, acquired from your background or through monitoring of industry standards for your horizontal team and function to improve current processes.
• Represent the AI Acceleration team in the formulation, influence, and implementation of company business system architecture plans, assessing cost and feasibility of system requests, and ensuring the plan supports both strategic and near-term needs.
• Create comprehensive documentation for AI architectures, models, and processes.
• Leverage a servant leadership approach in the recruiting, motivating, mentoring, and growing world-class teams and creating followership that as a leader, teams want to work with.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in both verbal and written communications and preparing and presenting strategic visions and presentations to executive leadership team.
• Build relationships with key partners within the Kroger Technology organization to share best practices, help accelerate the growth of both organizations, and deliver joint initiatives as appropriate.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and relevant certifications in technology and/or project management
• 7+ years of experience working in infrastructure/cloud and/or software development
• 7+ years of experience using advanced algorithms, programming languages, or technologies
• 4+ years of experience in tech consulting, retail, or related professional services preferred
• Strong knowledge and skill in cloud computing solutions, technologies, and trends
• Hands-on experience in delivery and support of cloud services in a hybrid or multi-cloud architecture using at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• Extensive, hands-on experience with modern software development concepts such as CI/CD, service-oriented architecture, infrastructure as code, and/or containerization
• Experience with and understanding of machine learning and AI principles and development processes
• Strong experience leading and operating in a lean, agile environment with distributed teams.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly on technical topics.
• Comfort with independent learning of new technologies, and willingness to jump into using unfamiliar tools
• High level of independence; ability to make time-sensitive decisions rapidly and solve urgent problems without escalation.
• Strong time and project management skills; the ability to balance multiple, simultaneous work items and prioritize as necessary.
• Demonstrated success in working collaboratively across technology and governance roles to develop, implement, and operate systems that improve processes & efficiencies, and support business strategies.

Skills related to AIOPS/LLMOPS

• 1-2 years of experience in the operational aspects (LLMOPS) of LLMs/and or any Transformer based models, focusing on efficient training, deployment, and scalability using GPU/TPU clusters and managing distributed infrastructure for Model Serving.
• 2-3 years of experience in designing and operating scalable Stateful Services, such as chatbots with persistent context, leveraging LLMOPS and Full stack App design.
• Knowledge in architecting for AI Safety, such as adversarial testing, Sandboxing, Red teaming, AI firewalls, content filtering and other responsible AI safety tooling.
• 1-2 years of experience in architecting RAG patterns and deep understanding of various vector databases, and hybrid data stores.
• Ability to independently evaluate vendors for tools that are related to AIOPS

IMPORTANT:This position is OPEN to candidates seeking Fully Remote / WFH Opportunities who have a permanent residence in the United States. 

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We are a group of passionate individuals working towards making TouchBistro the #1 global POS product. We are all about ownership, giving each member the tools, support, and freedom to succeed. Above all else, we value personal and professional growth, true teamwork and collaboration, and celebrating each other's wins while still driving to achieve even more. We are fun, scrappy, and aren’t afraid to take risks. If this sounds like a team you’d like to be a part of, get in touch!

TouchBistro is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join our ever growing team in our Toronto office. You will be responsible for managing, improving and building out development workflows and production systems as the company continues to scale!

Your Day-To-Day

• Work alongside development, data infrastructure and InfoSec teams & enable them to release code quickly and securely in production
• Maintain & improve up-time for applications & infrastructure
• Improve system reliability through disaster recovery, high availability & fault tolerance initiatives
• Suggest & implement continuous improvements & automations for application infrastructure & security 
• Automate and improve processes 
• Participate in DevOps & Data Platform design, reviews & best practice discussions

All About You

• You have 1-2 years experience in AWS services, focusing mainly on cloud networking
• You have a Computer Science Degree from an accredited institution 
• You have experience with Internal Systems management and maintenance 
• You have experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g. AWS CloudFormation, Terraform or similar)
• You are able to create custom tools & automations using scripting or programming languages and toolsets, preferably Go & Python

Nice To Have

• Application development experience
• Advanced Networking in AWS or another cloud provider
• Azure and/or On-Prem Active-Directory experience
• Exposure to Database administration or development