Software Engineer – Full Stack
Location: Burbank, CA
Employment Type: Contract
Job ID: 140995
Date Added: 06/13/2026
Location: Glendale, CA – Onsite 2-3 days a week
The Company
Headquartered in Los Angeles, this leader in the Entertainment & Media space is focused on delivering world-class stories and experiences to its global audience. To offer the best entertainment experiences, their technology teams focus on continued innovation and utilization of cutting edge technology.
Platform / Stack
You will work with technologies that include Python, AWS, Terraform, Node.js, and GenAI models.
Compensation Expectation: $75 – 90/hr
What You'll Do As a Staff Software Engineer:
- Design and build API gateways, wrappers, and middleware services that expose studio systems and data to AI agents
- Manage secure access to tools, metadata, and content systems through model context protocol (MCP).
- Deploy agentic platforms such as LangGraph or LangChain to manage tool execution, context routing, and decision logic.
- Implement tracing, audit logging, and governance checkpoints including human approval and fallback paths.
- Translate prototypes into production-ready microservices using Java, TypeScript, or Python, deployed via Kubernetes and managed through CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement event-driven services using Kafka, EventBridge, or SNS/SQS to support loosely coupled, fault-tolerant communication across services.
- Work directly with ML engineers, platform teams, and product managers to deliver business-ready AI capabilities.
- Contribute to technical planning, system design, and delivery reviews across engineering and product.
Qualifications:
You could be a great fit if you have:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of backend or systems engineering experience, with at least 3 years building AI-powered or workflow-centric platforms.
- Proficient in Java, Python, or Node.js, with deep understanding of testing, observability, and systems at scale.
- Production experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience deploying infrastructure via Terraform, CDK, or similar infrastructure-as-code frameworks.
- Experience building or integrating workflow engines, ideally in LLM or GenAI contexts.
- Clear, structured communication skills and a track record of technical leadership in cross-functional teams.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with LLM frameworks and APIs such as LangGraph, LangChain, OpenAI, or Anthropic.
- Background in media, entertainment, or content operations, including localization or post-production workflows.
- Experience building multi-tenant or shared platform services.
- Exposure to Agile delivery practices and DevOps automation at scale.
- Contributions to GenAI open-source projects or internal AI/ML infrastructure tooling
This client requires that a background check be completed. A background check is required to protect our company/client and its stakeholders by ensuring that we hire individuals with a trustworthy history, which helps maintain a safe and secure workplace. This proactive measure minimizes potential risks and promotes a culture of integrity within the organization.
Benefits Offered:
Employer provides access to:
- 3 levels of medical insurance for you and your family
- Dental insurance for you and your family
- 401k
- Overtime
- California has the following sick leave policy: accrue 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to 48 hours. If you are based in a different state, please inquire about that state’s sick leave policy.