Senior Software Engineer

Position Overview

Effectual is seeking an Effectual Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based applications for our clients. The ideal candidate possesses migration experience, specifically with Java and a preference for Quarkus. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects and project managers, to ensure the delivery of high-quality cloud solutions. This role reports to the Software Engineering Manager.

Daily Routine

A Senior Software Engineer will spend the majority of their time collaborating with their assigned project team. Most projects at Effectual follow a 2-week sprint cadence. Throughout each sprint, a Senior Software Engineer will:

• Participate in daily stand-ups to communicate progress, re-evaluate estimates, agree on daily priorities, and voice any blockers.
• Work through assigned tasks in priority order.
• Assist team members with issues via Slack or ad-hoc meetings.
• Perform peer code reviews.
• Support the grooming and estimation of tasks for future sprints.
• Demo completed work to team members at the end of each sprint.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and cloud solutions aligned with company goals by designing, architecting, maintaining, and operationalizing cloud-based Java applications and systems on the AWS Cloud.
• Design, implement, integrate, maintain, optimize, and administer cloud solutions, infrastructures, and platforms.
• Evaluate, test, design, develop, and integrate new cloud technologies and processes to support existing infrastructure and modernization efforts, providing recommendations for future technologies and growth.
• Support existing software functionality, investigating, analyzing, and correcting identified defects.
• Perform pull requests/merge requests, branch management, and build and deployments.
• Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for various stacks.
• Improve the maintainability and performance of existing software through application refactoring.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • (Substitution): A minimum of 10 years of on-the-job experience can substitute for the educational requirement.
• Minimum Years of Experience: 8 years of experience, including 4 years in specialized software design roles.
• Citizenship: Must be a US Citizen.
• Background Check: Must be able to pass a federal background and drug test.
• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Developer Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Skills Required

• Programming: Java 5/6 and Java 8/11/17
• Cloud: Cloud architecture, cloud-native design, cloud computing, storage, and database.
• Security: Grasp of information security best practices.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Command of at least one IaC platform.
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC):
  • Design, Coding, Debugging, and Testing Software.
  • Requirements Analysis.
  • Systems Design.
  • Understanding of at least one SDLC model and all its phases.
  • Understanding of Application Lifecycle Management.
• Databases: Familiarity with at least one SQL or NoSQL database platform.
• General: Solid command of at least one programming language, understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Active Clearance or Public Trust (DOJ Preferred).
• Basic understanding or ability to learn AWS and Cloud technologies/architectures.
• Knowledge or history working with ANT or Gradle.
• Experience with Spring Boot and creating standalone executable jars.
• Experience working with Selenium or another front-end testing framework.
• Experience working with Containers and setting up development pipelines.
• Experience with Java 1.8, Icefaces JSF framework, db2 mainframe, GlassFish application server, WebSphere Zos platform on Mainframe.

Location

• Remote

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work is generally performed in an office environment. Physical demands include sitting, keyboarding, and verbal communication.