Senior Software Engineer (Java)

Nava PBC

1d•$135,900 - $153,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer’s purpose is to improve overall engineering quality through documentation, technical guidance and mentoring, and applying best practices to the work. The incumbent leads significant migration efforts and routinely works with government stakeholders to get buy-in on technical initiatives. This role collaborates with the product team, government stakeholders, and other contractors to build new systems and make improvements to existing systems. These responsibilities support Nava’s culture and mission.

Requirements

At least 10 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
Prior experience working with stakeholders
Legal authorization to work in the United States
Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Must reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
Must work from the contiguous United States

Responsibilities

Writing code and performing code reviews
Writing and reviewing technical specifications
Working closely with cross-functional product teams to identify and mitigate technical risks
Guiding the engineering team on planning, estimation, prioritization, trade-offs, and balancing technical debt and meeting project milestones
Review architecture and designs from other project teams
Designing technical roadmaps
Proposing and enforcing technical architecture
Maintaining production systems
Handling on-call duties and systematically debugging and resolving issues when they occur
Contributing to growing Nava’s client portfolio
Working on business development bids
Participating in client stakeholder meetings related to growth
Working with government stakeholders to get buy-in on technical initiatives
Strategizing with leadership on ways to grow projects
Attending conferences and networking with potential clients
Reviewing strategy plans and outlining technical requirements for potential work