Jr. SW Developer

About the role

CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, junior software developer to join a high-performing Agile team in designing and building modern, services-based web applications for a large government agency. Our team is using a modern development stack and various additional open-source technologies. You will have the opportunity to help build and modernize the system applications for cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the ongoing architecture and development of a modern cloud-native applications built with technologies such as Angular and Java/Spring Boot.
• Write clean, well-organized code following best practices while sharing knowledge with the team to grow collective skills in building robust full applications.
• Participate in all phases of an Agile software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, estimation, coding, code reviews, and testing.
• Author and review frontend code leveraging AI-assisted paired programming techniques.
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS using containerized environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs, gaining experience in API design patterns and microservice communication.
• Build a solid understanding of data structures, problem solving, algorithm design, and data formats (JSON, YAML).
• Engage in client and end-user discussions to provide a technical perspective on application capabilities.
• Participate in technical design sessions to create sustainable, high-performing features with accurate estimates.
• Author automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) for both frontend and backend.
• Continuously improve development tooling, processes, and system architecture.
• Gain practical experience in database design (e.g. PostgreSQL) and optimizing data access patterns.

Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of modern coding languages and technologies (e.g. HTML, Angular, Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript).
• Positive, can-do attitude with a desire to contribute to team success.
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and within a dynamic team, continuously delivering quality code for team review and product owner demonstration.
• Eagerness to research, learn, and apply emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred.
• Directly related experience in software development.
• Exposure to modern development environment tools: Maven/Gradle, Git, IntelliJ/VS Code.
• Basic understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS).
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, or similar).
• Backend Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA (Hibernate), REST API design, JSON.
• Frontend Technologies: Angular (v14+), TypeScript, Angular Material or Bootstrap.
• AWS Services: ECS/EKS, S3, RDS (PostgreSQL), SQS, SNS, Lambda, CloudFormation/CDK, API Gateway.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, familiarity with database migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase).
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus/Artifactory.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS).
• Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar.
• Authentication & Authorization: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC (e.g., Okta, AWS Cognito, Keycloak).
• Testing: JUnit, Mockito, or Cypress.
• Event-Driven Architecture: SQS/SNS, Kafka (exposure).
• Code Management: Git, GitHub, pull request workflows.
• Collaboration Tools: JIRA, Confluence.

Desired qualifications

• Consulting experience is a plus.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $58,000.00 - $123,800.00.

Schedule

This position is located in Fairfax, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.