Advanced Cloud Based Programmer (GCP focus)- Hybrid - Long Term Contract
Experienced Recruiting Partners · Albany, NY
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Jul 7, 2026
Albany, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract role focused on building and maintaining conversational AI and generative AI solutions on Google Cloud Platform. Day-to-day work spans Dialogflow-based chatbot development, RAG architecture design, prompt engineering, and full-stack backend/frontend work in Python and JavaScript, alongside infrastructure automation with Terraform. Suits an experienced cloud developer with a solid background in both conversational AI and modern generative AI tooling.
Senior level · 5+ years · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6–20
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,723 (middle half $99,021–$164,663).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is a 12-month contract with potential for ongoing renewals; two headcount are being filled simultaneously.
The role is hybrid — 50% onsite in Albany, NY — so remote=false is used to reflect the mandatory in-office requirement.
The Bachelor's degree is listed as a hard requirement under the Requirements section with no 'or equivalent experience' qualifier.
GCP and Dialogflow each carry explicit 2-year minimums stated in the Requirements section; all other required skills have no stated year minimums.
Git is listed alongside GitHub and GitLab as interchangeable source-control options; all three are captured under one skill entry.
Dialogflow CX, Looker, LookML, and Machine Learning appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Google Cloud certifications are listed as preferred but name no specific tool or technology, so they are omitted from the skills list.
The alternative occupation code 15-1299 is noted because the heavy Generative AI / conversational AI focus sits at the edge of standard software development classification.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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