Sr Software Engineer (Fullstack- Java)

Nava - Sr. Software Engineer

About Nava: Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2013, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges. As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff.

Role Overview: You will be responsible for developing end-to-end systems for one of Nava's major government partners as a Sr. Software Engineer. The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to improve its public-facing processes and experiences, enabling users to have more access to the programs and services they need in real-time in a more user-friendly and uncomplicated way. You'll be involved in everything from strategy and planning through to post-production testing and support, working on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems that millions of Americans depend on through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices.

Location: Fully remote (must reside in: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software
• Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems
• Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs
• Create tools and processes to automate development, testing, and production workflows
• Write and review technical documentation, perform code reviews
• Participate in on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur
• Take part in hiring activities (submitting referrals, conducting interviews, attending interview debriefs) as needed

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of experience working in agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale applications on Cloud platforms
• Experience building web applications with Angular (TypeScript), Storybook, Apache server
• Experience developing Lambda services and APIs with Java and Go, Spring Boot, Python, Fargate, OpenAPI
• Experience utilizing AWS cloud native services and data engineering
• Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate in working code
• Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented
• Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short term vs. long term benefits
• Adaptive, empathetic, collaborative and positive mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise
• Experience using Apache Spark and Parquet for data engineering preferred
• Experience with Node.js and Next.js (JavaScript) preferred
• Must be legally authorized to work in United States without visa sponsorship
• May be subject to government background check or security clearance depending on contract

Compensation & Benefits: $135,900 - $153,000 salary Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, vacation/holidays/floating days, 12 paid federal holidays, annual performance bonus, paid parental leave with meal delivery, wellness program, virtual care with no copay, sabbatical leave after continuous service, 4% 401(k) match, home office setup assistance, monthly utility reimbursement, annual development budget, referral bonus, commuter benefits, disability/life/accidental death insurance, and collaborative remote-friendly culture.