Sr Software Engineer
Federal Reserve System•St. Louis, MO
•$140 - $170
About The Position
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to guide the modernization and maintenance of a mission-critical enterprise application in AWS GovCloud (FedRAMP High). We need a technical leader who can balance ongoing modernization with production stability. You'll drive technical design decisions, write code, and establish reusable patterns while collaborating across scrum teams to ensure architectural consistency. Partnering with enterprise architects, you'll translate architectural vision into practical implementation strategies
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proven experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, CDK/CloudFormation) and Java/Spring Boot ecosystem
- Strong Angular experience; micro-frontend architecture (module federation) a plus
- Microservices architecture experience, including strangler pattern for modernizing legacy applications
- Experience with observability tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenSearch)
- Proven technical leadership with cross-team collaboration
- U.S. Citizenship (required for FedRAMP High environment)
Nice To Haves
- Experience in FedRAMP High, FISMA GovCloud, or similar compliance environments
- Track record of reducing technical debt through dependency upgrades, refactoring, and test automation
- CI/CD pipeline expertise (GitLab CI/CD, artifact management, security scanning)
Responsibilities
- Drive modernization strategy to replace legacy monolith with cloud-native services while maintaining FedRAMP High compliance
- Lead technical design and implementation decisions for a scrum team, including architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical approach aligned with enterprise architecture standards
- Collaborate across teams and architects to establish reusable patterns and ensure architectural consistency
- Design and implement microservices using Java/Spring Boot and TypeScript for event-driven and RESTful integration patterns
- Build solutions using AWS GovCloud services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, RDS) within a microservices and micro-frontend architecture
- Address technical debt by upgrading outdated dependencies/frameworks
- Ensure comprehensive test automation using UI testing and behavior-driven development (BDD) approaches
- Mentor engineers on cloud-native development practices, architectural patterns, and AWS GovCloud best practices
- Partner with Agile Triad to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver iteratively
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement
- 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund
- Top-notch health care benefits
- Child and family care leave
- Professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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