Software Engineer (Backend-Java)
This role is open for multiple levels and titles. Final title/compensation will be determined by how your interview weighs against our core competencies during your interview cycle.
Position summary
You will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. You care deeply about working on technology that improves people’s lives, but don’t think technology is always the answer. You are passionate about building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and you'll help set high standards for our teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.
The Software Engineer role will be responsible for developing end to end systems for one of Nava's major government partners. The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need. This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy and planning through to post-production testing and support.
What you'll do
Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software
Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems
Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs
Create tools and processes to automate our development, testing, and production workflows
Write and review technical documentation, performing code reviews
Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur
Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed
Required skills
At least 5 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale on Cloud platforms
Experience designing and implementing production-grade, cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and containerized deployment patterns
Experience with using relational databases, preferably Postgres, using JDBC and ORM mappers like Hibernate
Experience with DevOps, preferably with Jenkins CI/CD
Experience utilizing AWS cloud native services and data engineering
Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate on working code
Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented
Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term vs. long term benefits
An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise
Compensation
$127,800—$135,900 USD