Software Engineer at Fast Switch
MI
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Jul 28, 2026
MI
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack Java engineering role centered on modernizing legacy systems — including mainframe and COBOL-based applications — into cloud-native microservices architectures. The work spans designing and building Java services (Spring Boot, REST APIs), leading cloud migration efforts on AWS/GCP, and integrating with enterprise systems. Candidates with 15+ years of Java experience and a background in legacy-to-cloud re-platforming are the target profile.
Senior level · 15+ years · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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Why we read it this way (7)
No work location is specified in the posting; CBSA and state are left blank. The staffing firm (FastTek Global) is headquartered in Michigan, but the role's location is not stated.
Employment type is not stated — the posting is from an IT staffing/consulting firm, which often implies contract, but no explicit engagement type is given.
COBOL is listed under 'Skills Required' and the experience section explicitly calls out COBOL-based legacy modernization as a required background; it is treated as a hard gate despite being an unusual requirement for a Java-focused role.
AWS appears in both 'Skills Required' and the experience section as 'AWS, Azure, or GCP' — marked as required with Azure and GCP as named alternatives. GCP also appears separately under 'Skills Preferred' and in the Additional Information section; it is additionally captured as a preferred skill reflecting that standalone emphasis.
Jenkins appears under 'Skills Preferred' in the posting header but is also mentioned in the required experience section as part of build/CI-CD tooling. Given the conflicting placement, it is marked preferred, with the required section's mention treated as contextual stack description rather than a standalone gate.
The 'Additional Information' section describes program/stakeholder management responsibilities (leading migration projects, managing timelines, stakeholder communication) that go beyond typical IC software engineering. This may indicate a hybrid technical lead / program manager role, but the primary framing and skills lists are squarely software engineering.
GenAI/LLM-related skills (LangChain, Hugging Face, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering) are all listed under 'Experience Preferred' and are marked accordingly.
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