Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Amatriot is seeking Full Stack Software Engineers to support the Makalu contract. This role supports new product and component development using modern technologies in a fast-paced, start-up-like agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Solve challenging technical problems while meeting program objectives within the agile development cycle.
• Suggest improvements to UX/UI, microservice architecture, and the software baseline.
• Introduce new ways to meet mission needs.
• Work on new technologies while staying customer-focused and building new UI applications.
• Utilize industry-proven design patterns and open-source tools.
• Work with senior developers and the program architect to improve application performance, reliability, resiliency, and observability.
• Support development of front-end applications and back-end microservices.
• Contribute to improvements in the overall application and web UI/UX.
• Participate as part of an agile team where communication skills and execution within the established development process are essential to team success.
• Mentor junior teammates.
• Contribute to a positive and upbeat team atmosphere.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; or Graduation from a coding bootcamp.
• Experience using REST-based web services.
• Experience developing in a microservices architecture.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar platforms.
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience working as a member of a development team participating in the complete product development lifecycle.
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with modern web technologies and techniques, including HTML5, CSS, CSS preprocessors such as SASS, Less, or Stylus, or JavaScript build tools such as Browserify, WebPack, or Closure.
• Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as Angular, Ember, React, Redux, Reactive, or VueJS, along with knowledge of when to use them.
• Familiarity with Node.js and the NPM package ecosystem.
• Experience with Linux environments and Linux shell scripting.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and software configuration management processes and tools, including Subversion, Git, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• CompTIA Security+ within 6 months of hire.
• TS/SCI clearance is required.
• CI Poly is preferred and may be obtained after starting.

Qualifications

• Passion for creating beautiful, engaging, intuitive, efficient, and highly usable user interfaces.
• Experience with vector and motion graphics, including SVG, HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, and animation via JavaScript and CSS.
• Experience building rich, data-driven web applications.
• Familiarity with real-time communication mechanisms such as WebSockets.
• Familiarity with the Svelte framework.
• Familiarity with Node, Cesium, and/or OpenLayers.
• Familiarity with Spring, Docker, and/or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of microservices-based architecture.
• Familiarity with emerging trends in desktop, web, and mobile app development.
• Experience with deployments, DevOps, and/or AWS.
• Experience with Git.