Job Family:

Software Development & Support

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Guidehouse is responsible for developing enterprise systems for a federal government client. This is an exciting opportunity for a developer to join a collaborative, Agile team that will be building the backend of an enterprise-level application using a modern, cloud-hosted microservices architecture. 

What You Will Do 

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services for an enterprise-class, federal web application.  You will be working with guidance and mentorship from Senior Engineers and Architects to deliver high-quality, pattern-based, modular, security-driven code and test cases in an Agile, CI/CD environment. 

• Developing in Java, Spring / Spring Boot framework, and object-oriented design mapped to a relational database structure. 

• Compose solutions that incorporate microservices, containerization, and RESTful Web components – leveraging DevOps pipelines to drive rapid delivery. 

• Utilize technology stack components identified by Architects, including cloud native services such as API Gateway, SQS, S3, etc., in your design and code, with guidance from Senior Engineers. 

• Work with Frontend developers to develop service APIs that ensure smooth integration with the UI. 

• Collaborate with Business Analysts to refine high-quality, UX-focused, requirements-driven User Stories for development. 

• Work with QA Engineers to create and implement automated tests. 

• Utilize secure coding practices and security scan results to prevent and remedy identified potential issues, early in the Sprint development cycle. 

• Adhere to Role-based access controls and coding practices that meet sensitive data handling requirements, with guidance from Senior Engineers. 

• Contribute to design of services and APIs that align with the application and cloud architectures, team coding standards and architectural patterns.  

• Proactively seek support and mentorship in this team environment, when in need of assistance. 

• Develop and frequently deliver working, tested software that adheres to the system’s non-functional requirements and standards for quality, security, performance, user experience. 

• Communicate effectively with your team and leadership when facing blockers and assist each other. 

• Maintain thorough, well-written design and API documentation, as well as in-code documentation. 

• Think creatively and apply software engineering principles and patterns to solve challenging issues. 

What you Will Need 

• U.S. Citizen 

• Minimum FOUR (4) years of prior relevant experience.  

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in related field. 

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust level clearance.   

• Experience with most of the following:  

• Java and Spring framework (or JEE), Spring Boot (or similar framework) and RESTful API-based system integration. 

• Containerized microservices development within Service-based architectures in enterprise applications. 

• Modern security standards, best practices and Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC). 

• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs. 

• Knowledge of relational databases, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) (Hibernate, JPA annotations or similar) 

• Basic familiarity with AWS cloud services such as S3, API Gateway, EKS, etc. 

• Comfort working with guidance from technical leads and in an Agile, iterative, feedback-driven design and delivery process based. 

• Familiarity with design patterns and standards such as REST.  Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with guidance from technical leads. 

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present and demonstrate your work to your team and the Product Owner. 

What Would Be Nice To Have 

• Experience working directly with AWS cloud services, such as EKS, API Gateway, SQS. 

• Familiarity with Message-driven design patterns. 

• Familiarity with financial systems. 

• Some UI / front-end experience (Angular, React). 

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

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