Application Engineer

12 month contract. Fully Remote. Anywhere in the US. 40 hours a week, Standard Business Hours

3+ years of experience required, W2 Only, Benefits and 401k offered

$60 an hour on a W2 basis

No 3rd parties please

Top 3 tech skills:

• Vendor & SaaS Management: Manage vendor contracts, subscription renewals, license allocation, and third-party software integration. Optimize software spend by reclaiming inactive licenses and removing redundant tools.
• Incident & Problem Management: Serve as an escalation point for major system outages, application defects, and user-impacting bugs. Drive root cause analysis (RCA) alongside engineering teams.
• Application Operations & SLA Governance: Monitor application performance, uptime, and system health. Ensure third-party vendors and internal teams adhere to Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Key Responsibilities

• System Integration & API Engineering: Design, build, and maintain robust custom integrations, connecting 3P SaaS tools (with internal systems.
• Tool Optimization & Rationalization: Partner with SAM/HAM, DevInfra, and procurement teams to evaluate new software requests, track usage metrics, and streamline the enterprise SaaS footprint.
• Automation & Workflow Engineering: Write scripts and build data pipelines to automate end-user provisioning, budget/wallet token allocations, and cross-platform data syncs.
• Technical Support & Troubleshooting: Act as the primary technical point of contact for complex app integrations, resolving system failures alongside external vendors and internal IT teams.
• Experience managing or deploying developer AI integrations (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor APIs) and enterprise usage tracking frameworks. (Nice to Have)
• Direct experience collaborating on SaaS rationalization and Software Asset Management initiatives.

Must Have Skills:

• API integration experience
• 3rd Party SaaS Ops experience
• Token and Governance experience
• Working directly with stakeholders