Software Engineer II

Inroads•Washington, DC

4h•$115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

As a Full Stack Engineer on the BDAMAX program, you will work with a team of analysts, data scientists, and engineers to drive high-impact results. The team's mission centers on building and maintaining robust digital services for federal clients. While you'll be comfortable working across the full stack, your strengths lie in backend engineering, like designing reliable APIs, scalable services, and performant data pipelines. You are a creative thinker who seeks to innovate and deliver value, equally at home in TypeScript or Python. You lean into developing informed, production-ready solutions and thrive in an agile, collaborative environment. The frontend is built on React, and you'll contribute meaningfully there too; the emphasis, however, is on what's happening behind the scenes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 5 years of relevant software engineering experience
Candidates without a bachelor's degree must have 13 years of total relevant experience
Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript/Node, Python, with backend development as a demonstrated strength
Hands-on experience with React for frontend development
Experience building and consuming REST APIs and designing backend services
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS (e.g., Lambda, S3, RDS, ECS) or equivalent
Experience integrating with LLMs
Experience working in an agile software development environment (Scrum/Kanban), including backlog management and iterative delivery
Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent tasks
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
The ability to successfully attain and maintain a Federal Public Trust security clearance, as required by our government clients; this includes a background investigation and a requirement that the individual has U.S. Citizenship or U.S. residency for three of the past five years (36 of the past 60 months). Resumes should specify residency information for the past 5 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Prior federal or government IT contracting experience
Experience designing data intensive digital service applications at scale
Familiarity with security and compliance standards relevant to federal digital services (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing)

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security
Build and iterate on React-based frontend components in collaboration with designers and product stakeholders
Develop and maintain data pipelines, transformations, and integrations across systems
Participate in sustainment and enhancement tasks including performance monitoring, incident response, and security compliance documentation
Implement and improve REST APIs, system integrations, quality assurance practices, and test automation
Contribute to an agile delivery cadence including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iterative releases
Collaborate cross-functionally across product, design, data, operations, and compliance teams
Advocate for technical best practices and contribute to long-term engineering strategy