Sr. Software Engineer (Java)

Pluribus Digital•Washington, DC

15d•$94,000 - $149,000

About The Position

Join us and do work that matters: use your skills to improve how your government serves the public! Pluribus Digital partners with our government customers to design, develop, and deliver useful and impactful digital products. We are a hands-on digital services consultancy – part technologists, part change agents, and all heart. We employ modern best practices in all that we do as we work to solve problems in public health, financial industry regulation, granting citizenship and asylum, and identity and access management. As a Senior Software Engineer (Java) you will design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions that align with business goals. You’ll build scalable APIs and back-end services in Java (Spring Boot) and contribute to Angular front-end integrations, following industry best practices, SOLID principles, and modern architectural patterns. You will lead software delivery in agile, TDD/BDD , and CI/CD environments, collaborating with cross-functional partners and continuously adopting new tools and techniques to enhance performance, automation, and scalability. From requirements through deployment and documentation, you’ll play a key role across the full development lifecycle. We are committed to continuous growth and upskilling so you can develop versatile, high-impact skills over your career with us.

Requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience/certifications.
5+ years as a software engineer in an Agile environment.
Java expertise (most important) with strong hands-on experience in Spring Boot .
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs ; proficient with JUnit or similar testing frameworks.
Working experience with Angular (v2+) and TypeScript for integrating front-end features with back-end services.
Relational database skills with PostgreSQL and/or Oracle (SQL, schema design, troubleshooting).
Proficiency with Git and work tracking in Jira ; strong collaboration and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to conduct code reviews , uphold code quality, and apply/receive coaching to improve team practices.
Proven problem-solving skills, proactive risk identification, and clear communication to diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

GitLab (SCM & CI/CD), pipelines, and quality gates.
Azure (including Azure DevOps) and cloud-native services; exposure to AWS is a plus.
.NET exposure for cross-stack collaboration or legacy integration.
Oracle database depth (PL/SQL, performance tuning).
Experience with static analysis, SAST/DAST, SonarQube, and automated test frameworks (unit/integration/e2e).
Observability practices (logging/metrics/tracing), performance profiling, and reliability engineering basics.

Responsibilities

Understand business goals and drivers and translate those into an appropriate technical solution.
Translate business goals and user needs into scalable technical solutions.
Engineer and deliver Java (Spring Boot) APIs and back-end services using standard frameworks and architectural patterns.
Contribute to and integrate with Angular front-end applications (component-driven development, REST/JSON).
Write well-engineered code that adheres to SOLID principles and secure coding practices.
Lead and participate in code-quality activities : perform code reviews, enforce standards, improve test coverage, and use static analysis; be receptive to coaching/feedback from senior/lead engineers and provide coaching to peers.
Actively use TDD/BDD (pair programming where applicable) to guide implementation and ensure maintainability.
Drive releases in a CI/CD environment (build, test, deploy, monitor), partnering with DevOps as needed.
Support the full SDLC—from requirements and estimation through deployment, monitoring, and documentation.
Continuously learn and apply new tools/techniques to improve performance, automation, and scalability.
Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, engineers, and technical writers on larger delivery teams.