Sr. Software Engineer (java)

Join us and do work that matters: use your skills to improve how your government serves the public! Pluribus Digital partners with our government customers to design, develop, and deliver useful and impactful digital products. We are a hands-on digital services consultancy – part technologists, part change agents, and all heart.  We employ modern best practices in all that we do as we work to solve problems in public health, financial industry regulation, granting citizenship and asylum, and identity and access management.

We have multiple opportunities for software engineers with Java expertise to contribute to our work at USCIS. The products we support are designated as mission-critical, as anyone who needs a visa or benefits relating to citizenship must be processed through these systems which have deep connections to other tools and systems throughout USCIS, DHS, and the Department of State.

This role needs the skills outlined below – if you see yourself in this description please apply! We value ongoing employee growth upskilling, ensuring our team members have translatable skills and can be successful across multiple engagements during their career here.

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and services using Java
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, front-end developers, and other stakeholders, to deliver comprehensive software solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, and secure code, adhering to best practices in DevSecOps.
• Participate in code reviews, share knowledge with the team, and mentor junior developers.

 What you will bring:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance
• A bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, or commensurate work experience and certifications
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in Information Technology, focusing on development projects using Java, DevSecOps and AWS cloud environments.
• Proficient in backend engineering, including database development and integration, server, and client application development and integration.
• Excellent understanding and practical experience in:
  • Java, Spring framework, Java Persistence API (JPA), and JUnit
  • Relational databases and SQL generation for Oracle or Postgres databases
  • REST APIs
  • Kafka
  • Managing work and user stories in Jira
  • Using Git code management
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Bonus Points:

• Understanding of Groovy
• Understanding of Microservices, EKS/Helm and /or Containerization (Docker)
• Basic understanding of AWS working knowledge or experience
• Basic understanding, knowledge or experience with Dynamo DB

 

Why Pluribus May Be a Fit for You

We are purpose driven. We support missions and products that serve the public good, and where our focused capabilities positively impact those mission outcomes. We bring a consultative approach to partner with our government customers and help them succeed as change makers.

Pluribus is a calm company. We are knowledge workers. People do their best work when they are not rushed by artificial urgency or drained by a culture of facetime and workaholism. By having confidence in our people, we can get more done at better quality. When real crunch time comes, we are not already stretched to the limit.

We are stronger because of the variety of skills and personal backgrounds of our team. We hold ourselves accountable with annual reporting on diversity statistics. As a woman owned and led company, diversity, equity, and inclusion is woven into all aspects of the organization.

Compensation and benefits:

Pluribus Digital offers a competitive salary that is determined at the time of offer.  The range for this role ranges from $141,000 to $191,000 depending on experience. Salary is augmented with opportunity to earn annual bonus and medical/dental/vision benefits, PTO, company paid life insurance and a generous 401k match program. We offer additional wellness benefits as well as a comprehensive employee discount program.