Software Engineer (Backend) - Essex Management

Emmes Group • Rockville, MD

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is an engineering role that works as part of the software engineering team towards the development and deployment of enterprise and informatics software systems to support cancer clinical trials and research. The role provides a strong career growth opportunity in an innovative technology environment working in one of our nation's premier research organizations. Essex is a biomedical informatics and health information technology-focused consultancy founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rockville, MD. The Essex team comprises experts with extensive experience in strategically developing and managing complex health and biomedical information programs for clients in the Federal Government, research academia, and private sectors.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• Experience coding in Python, Java, Ruby, or comparable programming languages.
• Experience building enterprise software systems that run in either AWS Cloud or GCP Cloud environments using technologies such as AWS managed services such as ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, API Gateway, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Aurora PostgreSQL, Neptune, DocumentDB, CDK, or Google managed services such as Google Buckets, AppEngine, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Postgres, and BigQuery.
• Experience developing software systems with a backing relational and/or NoSQL databases using ORM libraries such as sqlaclhemy.
• Experience developing microservices with RESTful API and/or grpc to exchange data via JSON, XML, and other data exchange formats.
• Experience integrating with Okta and additional 3rd party systems
• Experience working in an agile development environment with methodologies such as SCRUM or Kanban.
• Experience using Git, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes are a plus.
• 2+ years of software development experience in one or more programming languages and with data structures/algorithms.
• Possession of a Bachelor or Graduate degree in a technical field such as Computer Science from an accredited college or university (according to CHEA).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI-assisted engineering practices and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Claude Code, as well as conducting efficient and accurate code reviews of AI-generated code.
• 2-5 years of experience building enterprise software systems that run in a Production AWS or Google Cloud environment.
• 1-2 years of working with a CI/CD pipeline using Git, GitHub, and GitHub Actions (or similar tools).
• Cloud development or architect certification is a plus.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual task priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Develop scalable, reliable, and performant enterprise-level software systems and services for our clients, using an Object-Oriented programming language and software libraries/framework.
• Write well-tested and maintainable code leveraging unit, integration, and BDD tests.
• Contribute to project documentation, including architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, API documentation, and technical SOPs.
• Participate in SCRUM Sprint planning, standup, review, and retrospective meetings.
• Work in a collaborative cross-functional team environment to move features (JIRA tasks) across all tiers in a CI/CD Agile SCRUM environment.
• Be a proactive part of the software engineering team, looking to make improvements to our engineering practices.
• Shadow senior team members during interviews.
• Contribute to mentoring junior members of the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level