Software Development Engineer

iSoftStone, Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer to Join our Team!  

*This is a hybrid role which may require site visits to client.*

Candidates should reside in:

Bellevue, Washington

or

Plano, TX

or

Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, or Pennsylvania

**This role can be full-time or contract.**

***Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.***

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise-scale Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions centered around the Cloudinary platform. This role is responsible for building cloud-native integrations, automating image processing workflows, implementing AI-powered metadata solutions, and delivering scalable digital asset pipelines that support e-commerce operations.

Responsibilities:

Cloudinary Platform Administration & Development 

• Design, configure, and maintain Cloudinary environments, including upload presets, transformation URLs, upload APIs, asset organization, and environment configuration. 

• Lead Cloudinary account migrations, ensuring assets, metadata, presets, and configurations are accurately transferred between environments.
• Develop and optimize Cloudinary image transformation strategies for responsive image delivery, format conversion, quality optimization, and performance.

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

• Design and implement DAM workflows supporting enterprise-scale image libraries.
• Develop asset tagging, organization, metadata governance, and retrieval strategies.

API & Systems Integration

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs integrating Cloudinary with enterprise systems.
• Build cloud-native integration services connecting DAM platforms with internal applications and third-party systems.

Cloud & Serverless Development

• Develop and maintain Azure Functions and AWS Lambda services supporting digital asset workflows.
• Build scalable serverless applications for image processing, metadata generation, classification, and batch automation.

AI & Metadata Automation

• Design AI-assisted metadata generation workflows, including automated alt text generation and image classification.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into asset processing pipelines.
• Develop prompt engineering strategies to improve AI-generated metadata quality and consistency.
• Build bulk processing solutions utilizing Python and cloud APIs for large-scale metadata management.
• Validate, normalize, and manage AI-generated metadata across enterprise asset libraries.

E-Commerce Asset Management

• Develop asset management solutions supporting retail product catalogs.
• Design SKU-based tagging and retrieval systems.

Production Support & Troubleshooting

• Monitor production asset pipelines and cloud services.
• Diagnose and resolve issues affecting serverless applications, APIs, and batch processing jobs.

Agile Development & Documentation

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Manage work items through Jira.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, API specifications, and implementation guides.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, merchandising teams, and engineering teams to deliver enterprise solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications: 

• Three+ years of experience implementing or supporting enterprise Digital Asset Management platforms.
• Experience designing scalable serverles