Junior Software Engineer

About this role

Title: Junior Software Engineer

Location: Melbourne, FL

Remote with occasional travel (Must reside in EST)

Work Type: Contract-to-Hire 3-6 month contract with full intent to convert to full-time

Start: ASAP

Department: Engineering

Reports To: Senior / Lead Software Engineer

Work Authorization: USC or GC Holders

Industry Experience: Healthcare experience is a plus

Position Overview

Our client is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to support the development of a modern, cloud-native SaaS platform within a highly collaborative engineering organization. This role will contribute across backend services, frontend applications, and emerging machine-learning–enabled workflows in a secure AWS- and Kubernetes-based environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer with a strong technical foundation who is eager to learn, grow, and be mentored by senior engineers while working on real production systems.

Key Responsibilities

Software Development

• Implement well-defined backend and frontend features under senior guidance
• Develop and maintain Node.js services
• Contribute to React-based user interfaces
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality

Cloud & DevOps Exposure

• Assist with deploying services to Kubernetes environments
• Support CI/CD pipeline activities
• Monitor application logs and assist with troubleshooting
• Follow secure coding and deployment best practices

Data & Machine Learning Support

• Support integration of ML inference endpoints
• Assist with data validation and preprocessing logic
• Contribute to internal tools used for model evaluation and data workflows

Engineering Best Practices

• Follow Git-based workflows and branching standards
• Participate in code reviews and Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives)
• Write clean, readable, and maintainable code
• Actively seek feedback and mentorship

**Required Qual...