Senior Software Engineer

 About Us: 

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that works across government, partnering with our clients to improve the health and lives of millions of Americans, ensure the security of all Americans—from soldiers and veterans to kids and the elderly, and defend national interests on the battlefield. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that courageously equip Federal agencies with solutions to transform today for a better tomorrow for all Americans. 

Purpose and Scope: 

You will work collaboratively with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to set up, develop, and maintain critical back-end integrations for the data and analytics platform that allows users to, access data catalogs, request compute resources, and manage data access controls for an enterprise data and analytics platform 

Responsibilities: 

• Building, iterating, and testing scalable, back-end APIs for web applications 
• Implementing, integrating, and administering systems utilizing OSS 
• Designing and developing data models to optimize data access for web applications  
• Participating in Agile processes including daily standups, demos, retrospectives, and sprint planning  
• Working closely with leadership to gather and implement business requirements   
• Working closely with designers and engineers to gather and implement product, front-end, and back-end requirements  
• Providing support, maintenance, and enhancements to the existing application   
• Collaborating with product managers, engineers, and QA on the team to communicate and clarify designs and requirements 

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in experience in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field  
• 7+ years of experience in software application development, particularly in an agile development environment including but not limited to daily scrum, iteration reviews, Kanban/Lean, continuous integration and test-driven development  
• Strong experience with data architecture in major cloud service provider ecosystem (AWS preferred) 

Qualifications: 

• Experience with one of the major cloud service providers (AWS preferred) (EKS, MSK, OpenSearch) 
• Experience implementing OSS solutions 
• Experience with Node.js, Rust, and Python  
• Deep understanding of APIs, and familiarity with JSON, Web APIs, REST APIs, JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, RESTful practices, and GraphQL  
• Experience with event driven architectures 
• Experience with Docker containerization and deployments 
• Experience with K8s Deployments (Kustomize, ArgoCD, Helm, etc) 
• Experience in relational and non-relational databases like SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB or similar  
• Experience with benchmarking, monitoring, and performance engineering applications with tools such as Grafana, Sentry, and Prometheus  
• Knowledge of AuthN and AuthZ systems, including Active Directory, Okta, and AWS IAM Policies/Roles using attribute-based access controls  
• Knowledge of automated end-to-end unit tests and testing platforms  
• Strong documentation and problem-solving skills   
• Experience with Git and DevOps    
• Strong verbal and nonverbal communication and collaboration skills  
• Some experience with DevOps tools, Terraform is desired  
• Experience in the Big Data space a plus 
• This position is a remote position, The work must be performed from within the United States with potentially occasional travel (once a quarter) 

Working Environment: 

eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager. 

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.  

Benefits:  

We offer a highly competitive salary and full healthcare benefits. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  

eSimplicity is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.