Software Engineer - GCP, AI at Kelly Services
PHOENIX, AZ
$49.81–$56.13/hrfrom the description
Aug 11, 2026
PHOENIX, AZ
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 12-month contract role at a large financial institution, building AI-enabled data capabilities on Google Cloud. The engineer will design and operationalize data pipelines, lakehouse architectures, and agentic/AI-driven data management workflows using tools like LangChain, LangGraph, Spark, Kafka, and BigQuery. The position suits an experienced data/software engineer with strong GCP and AI/agentic framework exposure, working in a hybrid setting across Charlotte NC, Irving TX, or Phoenix AZ.
Senior level · 4+ years · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 45 people in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 15–80
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 $138,909 (middle half $110,048–$168,680). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The posting lists three possible work locations — Charlotte, NC; Irving, TX; and Phoenix, AZ — all hybrid. The CBSA is reported as Charlotte (the first city listed), but candidates in the other metros are equally eligible.
GCP experience is stated as '5 to 6 years' in the Required Skills section; the years demanded is set to 5 (the minimum of the range).
AI/agentic tool exposure (LangChain, LangGraph/ADK, RAG, GraphRAG, MCP) is listed under Required Skills with a minimum of 6 months; all are marked required because they appear in the hard-requirements block.
The role sits at the boundary between software engineering and data engineering/architecture; the alternative occupation 15-1243 (Database Architects) reflects the strong data lakehouse and pipeline design emphasis.
The 4+ years overall experience requirement is the stated minimum; GCP and data engineering requirements imply a Senior-level practitioner in practice.
MCP here refers to the Model Context Protocol used to build agent-based data capabilities, as described in the posting context.
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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