Senior Backend Application Engineer

NIH-NCBI•Bethesda, MD

62d•$110,000 - $166,810•Onsite

About The Position

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Sr. Backend Application Developer to support our work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the National Institutes of Health. This opportunity is full time and onsite at the NIH-NCBI in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health – at NCBI you can literally help to accelerate cures for diseases! NCBI’s wide range of applications, platforms (node, python, Django, C++, you name it) and environments (big data [petabytes], machine learning, multiple clouds) serve more users than almost any other US Government Agency according to https://analytics.usa.gov/.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science or scientific field (engineering, physics), or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience delivering resilient, well-tested, consumer-facing web applications written in Java or Kotlin
3+ year of experience operating in a service-oriented environment
2+ years working fundamental Java and backend application technologies: Spring Boot, Kotr, Hibernate, JPA, Rest APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Grade, and GIT
2+ years’ experience writing automated tests

Nice To Haves

A good understanding of the fundamental technologies of the web: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON
A general understanding of containerization
Strong oral and written communication skills and the willingness to use them
A willingness to learn and to share your own experience
A strong sense of ownership and engagement