Sr Software Engineer (Fullstack- Java)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $135,900 - $153,000 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 with legacy systems towards modern, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure, enhancing user experiences. Nava bills for its time, offering expertise and problem-solving to help government partners improve their digital products and services.

The Sr. Software Engineer role focuses on developing end-to-end systems for a major government partner, modernizing a legacy enterprise platform. The goal is to improve public-facing processes and user experiences, enabling easier access to programs and services in real-time. This role involves all stages from strategy and planning to post-production testing and support.

Responsibilities

• Working with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software.
• Collaborating with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements.
• Working in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs.
• Creating tools and processes to automate development, testing, and production workflows.
• Writing and reviewing technical documentation and performing code reviews.
• Participating in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues.
• Participating in hiring activities as needed (e.g., referrals, interviews, debriefs).

Requirements

• Open to Fullstack engineers.
• At least 7 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale systems on Cloud platforms.
• Experience building web applications with Angular (Typescript), Storybook, and Apache server.
• Experience developing Lambda services and APIs using Java and Go, Spring Boot, Python, Fargate, and OpenAPI.
• Experience utilizing AWS cloud-native services and data engineering.
• Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate in working code.
• Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented.
• Ability to think strategically about trade-offs and short-term vs. long-term benefits.
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, both technical and otherwise.

Desired Skills

• Experience using Apache Spark and Parquet for data engineering.
• Experience with Node.js and Next.js (Javascript).

Other Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired.

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2013, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges. As a client services company, Nava guides agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. Nava bills for its time, offering its expertise and problem-solving approach to help government partners enhance their digital products and services.

People are at the heart of Nava's work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to 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 gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

At Nava, you will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for the government, designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. Nava seeks individuals who care deeply about working on technology that improves people’s lives but understand that technology isn't always the answer. Nava values passion for building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and for setting high standards for teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.