NHLBI BioData Catalyst Senior Full Stack Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Building Architecture, Design, Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer to support the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) custom software portfolio. The Full Stack Engineer will deliver innovative solutions for improving the effectiveness, reach, and content of these existing software solutions, while reducing their technical debt.

This role requires an understanding of how to improve existing code bases; while ensuring they continue to deliver value to organizations, as well as creating new code bases. The Full Stack Engineer Senior will have a strong understanding of industry trends and using Agile methodologies for development and deployment processes and can propose and advocate for improvements to the codebase.  You will provide team and developer guidance to improve overall productivity.

HOW A SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life cycle, with an emphasis on design and development.  Systems may include scientific applications that search for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Contributing to all parts of the application and testing stack.

• Working collaboratively with the team to best realize system requirements, and when appropriate, providing custom implementations to create a compelling experience for system users.

• Facilitating and explaining high-leverage decisions about architecture and software development.

• Supporting a development team’s activities for writing clean, maintainable, testable, and extensible code.

• Contributing to all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing)

• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives.

• Managing code and other artifacts using GitHub.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Engineering/Engineering Technology or related field.

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience using Java, JavaScript, and SQL.

• Experience with Material UI/React.

• Experience with Jenkins or GitHub Actions (CI/CD).

• Experience working with and improving existing code bases.

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

• Experience leveraging Azure cloud services and with Azure DB as a service (Cosmos, SQL Server).

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus

• Experience developing scientific systems that search for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and JUnit.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match. 

• Customizable health benefits packages. 

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. 

• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you. 

• Full-flex work week. 

The likely salary range for this position is $107,744 - $130,384. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

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