Sr Software Engineer, PLM Platform at Cayuse Holdings in US-

Job description

• Job Title: Sr Software Engineer - PLM Platform (Product Lifecycle Management)
• Location: Remote - US or Canada
• Job Type: Independent Contract (Contractor / Non-Employee)
• Start Date: ASAP
• Pay Rate: $68-72/hr 1099 / C2C

Responsibilities

• Role overview
• This is a hands-on senior individual-contributor role supporting the technical layer around a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The engineer will build and operate backend services, integrations, automation, and custom extensions that connect PLM with ERP, analytics, ECAD, and other downstream enterprise systems.
• The ideal candidate is a production-minded backend engineer who can own solutions end-to-end—from architecture and coding through CI/CD, Kubernetes deployment, observability, and production support.

Requirements

• Core requirements
• 11+ years of experience building and supporting production backend software
• Strong expertise in modern backend development; C#/.NET is preferred
• Strong Java, Go, or Kotlin engineers are also acceptable if willing to work in C#/.NET
• Cloud-native engineering experience, preferably Microsoft Azure
• AWS or GCP experience is acceptable
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes , including real-world troubleshooting
• REST APIs
• API pagination, retries, idempotency, and partial-failure handling
• OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect/OIDC
• Experience with relational and document data modeling
• Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD ownership
• Bicep, Terraform, ARM, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable tools
• Strong understanding of code-level design patterns and SOLID principles
• Automated testing, production telemetry, troubleshooting, and operational ownership
• Excellent written communication for design notes, runbooks, and engineering documentation
• Interest in product-engineering domains, including product definitions, BOMs, engineering changes, and release processes
• PLM, PDM, ERP, CAD, or engineering-systems background
• PTC Windchill experience is a strong plus, though PLM experience is not mandatory
• Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, Event Grid, or other message-driven architecture experience
• OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, Grafana, or related observability tooling
• Experience modernizing legacy applications while maintaining production stability
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools productively for development, debugging, testing, and documentation

Skills

Required

• C#/.NET (preferred)
• Containers and Kubernetes
• REST APIs
• OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect/OIDC
• Relational and document data modeling
• Excellent written communication

Preferred

• PTC Windchill
• AI-assisted engineering tools