Date Posted: 11/04/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 510305
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer Emerging Tech and AI Cloud Solutions
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60661
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Onsite 2-3 days/week
Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 13
Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 80.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: API, Product Design, Software Development
Experience Desired:
Software Development (8 yrs),
Software Integration (8 yrs),
Software Product Design and Architecture (8 yrs),
Software Product technical knowledge and testing (8 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education: Master's Degree
Preferred Certifications/Licenses: Cloud, AI/ML, or Software Architecture
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
***This position can be located in Chicago, IL, Peoria, IL, or Irving, TX***
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
Preferred Education:
- Master's degree
Preferred Certifications:
- Cloud certification
- AI/ML certification
- Software Architecture certification
Required Skills for the Lead Software Engineer:
- 8+ years of experience
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
- Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements
- Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace
- Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages
- Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design
- Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products
- Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements
- Progressive professional experience in software engineering, including hands-on development of complex applications, distributed systems, APIs, platforms, or cloud-native services
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical work across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, design, coding, testing, deployment
- Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Go, or similar languages
- Experience designing scalable, secure, observable, and maintainable software using modern architecture patterns, APIs, automated testing, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization, infrastructure automation, integration patterns, and production support practices
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to engineering, product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders
- Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in ambiguous or rapidly evolving technical environments
Preferred Skills:
- Experience building or integrating AI, machine learning, generative AI, large language model, agentic, retrieval-augmented generation, vector database, or prompt-based solutions
- Experience taking emerging technology concepts from proof of concept through pilot, production hardening, governance review, adoption, and operational support
- Familiarity with responsible AI practices, model evaluation, guardrails, data privacy, cybersecurity, compliance, and enterprise risk management considerations
- Experience with modern cloud services, serverless architectures, Kubernetes, microservices, event-driven architecture, API management, observability platforms, and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience partnering with product, design, data, security, architecture, and business teams to identify high-impact use cases and deliver measurable business outcomes
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction without direct authority, and establish reusable engineering standards, patterns, frameworks, or accelerators
Lead Software Engineer Overview:
The Lead Software Engineer in the Emerging Technology group is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, piloting, and scaling next-generation software solutions that apply emerging technologies to high-value business problems. This role combines deep software engineering expertise with practical innovation, helping translate exploratory concepts into secure, reliable, maintainable, and production-ready capabilities
Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, design, development and testing of modern software solutions, prototypes, pilots, and reusable platform capabilities
- Evaluate, prototype, and apply emerging technologies such as generative AI, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native services, APIs, automation, and data-driven application patterns
- Translate business opportunities, product goals, and technical requirements into scalable software designs, solution patterns, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans
- Mentor engineers, provide technical direction, facilitate design reviews, and promote a culture of experimentation, learning, engineering excellence, and responsible technology adoption
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, data scientists, cybersecurity, infrastructure, UX, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned to organizational goals and risk expectations
- Define and implement technical evaluation methods, including proof-of-concept success criteria, model or system performance measures, quality gates, automated testing, monitoring, and production readiness reviews
- Identify technical risks, dependencies, integration needs, security considerations, and operational constraints early in the solution lifecycle and recommend practical mitigation strategies
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website. California Pay Equity:
For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here. Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
