Backend Test Developer

Position Overview

• Location Type: [Not Specified]
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $107,000 - $120,600 a year

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation dedicated to simplifying and improving government services. Since 2013, Nava has partnered with federal, state, and local agencies to tackle complex technology modernization challenges. As a client services company, Nava guides agencies burdened by legacy systems toward modern cloud infrastructure, focusing on secure, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems with sharp user experiences. Nava bills for its time, offering expertise and problem-solving to help government partners enhance their digital products and services.

The Backend Test Engineer will be instrumental in building scalable systems for a major government partner. The primary objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform, improving public-facing processes and user experiences. This will grant users greater access to essential programs and services in real-time, through a more user-friendly and uncomplicated interface. The role encompasses the entire lifecycle, from strategy and planning through post-production testing and support.

Requirements

• Open to Backend engineers
• At least 5 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale systems on AWS.
• Experience developing and maintaining test frameworks and scripts to validate server-side logic, data integrity, and API responses.
• Experience with developing APIs in Java and Go.
• Proficiency in automated testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Postman, Cypress, TestRail, StaticQube.
• Strong understanding of APIs, databases, and server-side architectures.
• Familiarity with security testing and data protection best practices.
• Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented.
• Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term vs. long-term benefits.
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise.
• All roles at Nava require the following: [Information not specified]

Desired Skills

• Experience working with MADIE (https://ecqi.healthit.gov/tool/madie)

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.
• Write and maintain documentation for test plans, test cases, and test results.
• Monitor and analyze test results, and report defects and performance issues to development teams.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices in all testing activities.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur.
• Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed.

About Nava

People are at the heart of Nava's work, impacting both the public who rely on benefit programs and the government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, Nava helps government partners better understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus allows everyone at Nava to engage in meaningful, impactful work deeply connected to the public good. You will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for the government, designing, implementing, and delivering services used by millions of Americans. You are passionate about technology that improves people’s lives but understand that technology isn't always the sole solution. You are dedicated to building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and you will help establish high standards for Nava's teams in simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.