Senior Software Developer - Backend

About the role

Trilogy Innovations is seeking experienced Senior Software Developers to join our team in support of a high-impact federal modernization initiative. This is a fully remote opportunity to work on large-scale, mission-critical IT systems that serve real users at a national level.

Responsibilities

• Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.
• Migrate and modernize all current-system functionality from legacy mainframe systems into cloud-native microservices operating within AWS GovCloud.
• Participate in the operation and support of an enterprise-scale production system, including identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving system issues in collaboration with the ART.
• Analyze user needs and develop software solutions.
• Analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.
• Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
• Incorporate modern name search capabilities.
• Expand image handling to accept larger files and support additional file formats, such as PDF.
• Transition investigative search to Elasticsearch, providing a faster response and report creation time for law enforcement.
• Build new services to follow microservices architecture and run within containers using the OpenShift platform.
• Transition database functionality from IBM DB2 to the appropriate cloud data store.
• Update NIEM schemas and IEPDs to allow agencies to use updated functionality and speed up the dot-delimited message format retirement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 8 years of work experience or associate's degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience.
• Active Tier 3 Secret clearance.
• Experience working within an Agile framework, actively contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and Cl/CD Pipeline.
• 5+ years' experience with Java Object-Oriented Programming.
• 5+ years' experience with Kubernetes and containers; automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native architecture within secure, regulated environments.
• Experience designing and supporting event-driven architectures with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with three or more of the following: Apache Kafka, Pub/Sub (Publish, subscribe), Streaming, Event sources, Running GitOps (GitLab, Git, Bitbucket, ArgoCD, Tecton, etc.) within version control tools.
• Ability for on-call support.

Qualifications

• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) is a plus.
• Provide technical leadership for the development team, including collaboration with the System Architects to implement architectural decisions that ensure alignment with ART standards, patterns, and security requirements.
• Actively mentor developers, including support for junior and mid-level developers in solutioning and design decisions, promotion of best practices in code development, testing, and documentation.
• Demonstrate a positive, collaborative attitude and a commitment to team success.
• Takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable software that supports a mission-critical system.
• Shows ownership and accountability for assigned work and shared team outcomes.
• Engages constructively in Agile ceremonies and technical discussions.
• Maintains a strong work ethic, professionalism, and respect for teammates, stakeholders, and mission priorities.
• Adapts to change and approaches challenges with a solution-oriented mindset.

Skills

• Java Object-Oriented Programming.
• Kubernetes and containers.
• Cloud-native architecture.
• Event-driven architecture; streaming.
• GitOps (GitLab, Bitbucket, ArgoCD, Tecton).
• Large scale systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Performance bonus eligibility.
• 401k with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Professional development programs.
• Employee referral bonus program.

Pay

Salary range: $140,000 - $144,000

Schedule

Remote with occasional travel as required.