[Remote] Lead Software Engineer (React, Java, SQL Server) - (Remote - US)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ICF is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial consulting company that works with government representatives to enhance childcare programs for military families. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to maintain and modernize their software architecture, focusing on transitioning to a React, Java, and PostgreSQL environment while ensuring high code quality and effective collaboration in a remote setting.
Responsibilities
- Work in a full life-cycle software engineering project environment
- Bring new ideas, tools, services, and techniques to the group
- Use analytical thinking to make decisions based on facts and metrics whenever possible
- Demonstrate a desire to learn and accept new challenges within and outside of team
- Conduct thorough code reviews, implement unit and integration tests, and ensure code quality
- Stay up to date on assigned specialties, work on expanding to others
- Be willing to step up and lead initiatives at, or slightly above your title
- Follow ICF coding standards
- Foster asynchronous communication approaches and thrive in remote working environment
- Expected to own smaller efforts and components of larger projects
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, mathematics, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering with a strong understanding of best practices, design patterns, clean code, and unit/integration testing
- 5+ years of experience with Java development including development of REST APIs using Spring Framework or Spring Boot
- 5+ years of experience using relational databases including analyzing, writing, debugging, and maintaining complicated stored procedures (SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL preferred)
- 3+ years of experience in Frontend development with frameworks such as Angular or React (React preferred)
- 2+ years of experience working with REST APIs
- 2+ years of experience with JPA, Hibernate, or equivalent ORM technologies
- 1+ year of experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
- MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply
- Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Greencard holder) due to a federal contract requirements
- Cloud implementation and migration experience (AWS preferred) and experience with Infrastructure as Code implementations using tools such as Terraform
- Experience working with containerization with Docker
- Experience with container orchestration using tools such as Kubernetes
- Microservice Architecture, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipeline experience
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