[Remote] Contract Associate Engineer, Software Development
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sinclair Digital is the innovation team transforming how local news and television are produced, distributed, and consumed. They are seeking a Contract Associate Engineer for Software Development to build cloud services, learn full stack development, and design AI-assisted content delivery methods.
Responsibilities
- Build and operate cloud services using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices
- Learn full stack development across the full spectrum of software engineering
- Design and build proof-of-concepts (POCs) for new content-delivery methods, including AI-assisted features such as automated content tagging, summarization, search, and personalization
- Use AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., code assistants, LLM APIs) to accelerate prototyping and delivery, applying sound judgment about where these tools fit
- Collaborate across teams, present your ideas, and iterate based on critical feedback
- Follow engineering best practices while exploring new and emerging technologies
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a Full Stack Web Development certificate paired with an Applied Science degree, or equivalent practical experience
- ~6 months of experience in application and/or web development (internships, co-ops, and project work count)
- Working familiarity with several of the following: JavaScript, Java, Node.js/Express, Python, ReactJS, MySQL, MongoDB/Mongoose, HTML5, and CSS
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Exposure to Docker, microservices, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux fundamentals, and serverless / event-driven architecture
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML concepts or tools — for example, calling LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, prompt engineering, or basic ML model integration
- Curiosity about applying AI responsibly to media, content delivery, and developer productivity
Benefits
- Upon successful conversion to full-time status, you would be eligible for company benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, quarterly and annual incentive plan bonuses, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, 15 paid vacation days, 2 paid personal days, 9 paid holidays, 40 hours of paid sick leave, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.
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