Insight Global · Saint Paul, MN

Salary
$90/hrfrom the description
Posted
Jul 28, 2026
Location
Saint Paul, MN
Last confirmed open
Jul 29, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A hands-on full-stack software development role on a small, high-performing team building and enhancing proprietary software products. The engineer will design and deliver cloud-native applications, own infrastructure and deployment pipelines, and apply AI-assisted development tools while rigorously reviewing AI-generated code for quality and correctness. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with both frontend and backend work in a product-focused, startup-style environment.

Senior level · 7+ years · Contract

Must have (6)
PythonVue.jsRESTAWS or GCPTerraformCI/CD
Nice to have (5)
Claude CodeMCPCodexmonitoringDevSecOps

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

What gives you an edge
Terraform11%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%CI/CD45%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

No work location or metro is specified in the posting; CBSA left blank. The pay rate of $90/hr and staffing-firm language (Insight Global) strongly suggest this is a contract/W2 engagement.

Vue.js is listed under required skills with 'preferred' as a qualifier ('Vue.js preferred'), but it sits within the hard-requirements block alongside other gated skills. It has been treated as a hard gate per section-placement rules, with the 'preferred' qualifier indicating Vue is the specific tool desired rather than making the frontend requirement optional.

AWS and GCP are listed together ('AWS and/or GCP'); AWS is the primary skill with GCP as an alternative.

Claude Code, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Codex, Staff/Principal/Tech Lead experience, startup experience, observability/monitoring, DevSecOps, and mentoring experience all appear under a secondary unlabeled 'nice to have' block following the hard requirements and are marked as preferred.

The posting notes a 'strong preference for candidates with significantly deeper experience' beyond the 7-year floor, but 7 years remains the stated minimum for the overall years minimum.

The role is posted through Insight Global (a staffing firm), which reinforces the contract 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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