Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and integrate secure, production-quality full-stack applications and engineering capabilities to enable FEMA AI solutions across approved cloud, platform-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, and enterprise technology environments.

What You Will Do

The role will involve translating FEMA program needs into secure, scalable, maintainable, and production-ready technical solutions, developing front-end, middleware, and back-end components, and applying software architecture and engineering best practices.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in software development, scripting, and technical project management, as well as expertise in full-stack development, programming approaches, and infrastructure-as-code tools.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Favorably adjudicated FEMA public trust suitability determination
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or similar
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field
• Five to ten years of relevant experience
• Extensive software development, scripting, and technical project-management experience
• Experience applying Scrum and Agile software-development methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases
• Excellent analytical, systems-analysis, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on experience developing applications using multiple software frameworks
• Proficiency with software-engineering tools and software architecture
• Proficiency in full-stack development and programming approaches, including PERN (PostgreSQL, Express.js, React, and Node.js)
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Expertise managing CI/CD pipelines and Git-based source-code management
• Experience integrating observability tools into software-engineering efforts
• Experience directing system installation and upgrades and following the software development lifecycle
• Ability to determine system specifications and requirements, evaluate information needs and workflows, and recommend performance and process improvements
• Ability to collect, analyze, summarize, and communicate development and service issues to technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)