Software Engineer - Contingent

Aretum•McLean, VA

2h•Remote

About The Position

This is a contingent position, meaning employment is dependent upon the successful award of the associated contract to Aretum and completion of any required background investigation or security clearance verification. About Aretum Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. Job Summary Aretum is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our team. As a Software Engineer you will assist in the development and integration of GraphQL into our client's software architecture. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Requirements

5 years of applicable experience.
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience working with relevant GraphQL technologies, such as APIs.
Experience with schema governance, data caching, migration management, validation, and monitoring.
Integration experience with established OAuth and Entra authentication and authorization components, and access control best practices.
Knowledge of full text search and indexing, potentially including vectorized LLM indexing retrieval.
Observability experience, including API traces.
Knowledge of testing concerns, including frameworks, load testing and schema validation.
Experience with CI/CD integration.
Operations and infrastructure support experience.
Agile development environment experience.
Able to work as part of an agile team using standard two-week sprints.

Responsibilities

Available full time to work as part of the existing IPT to build the new Partner API solution.
This resource will participate in all aspects of the task but will be focused day to day on delivering the Partner API MVP.
Work alongside other engineers and contractors and be expected to participate in all agile ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning, code reviews, retrospectives and backlog grooming).
Design and develop patterns, processes and best practices for GraphQL development based on the choices made for the Partner API.
These patterns, practices and processes will be demonstrated in the Partner API solution and will additionally be documented, and training will be conducted as needed to ensure the entire IPT is able to use these patterns and practices in the future.