Senior to Principal Backend Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

Aquia is hiring a Senior to Principal level Backend Software Engineer to help modernize legacy systems for a large State Agency. This role requires U.S. citizenship, and candidates will be subject to a background investigation.

In Short

• Working with fellow 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 to existing systems.
• Participate in Scrum-based agile manner to efficiently ship new features.
• Creating tools and processes to automate our 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 when they occur.
• Taking part in hiring activities (conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed.

Requirements

• At least 7-15 years of software development experience
• Proficiency with Python, Flask, PostgreSQL
• Working-level knowledge and hands-on experience with AWS, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Comfortable leading conversations with both engineers and executives.
• Great remote work and communication etiquette.
• Proficiency in secure software development practices, release planning, testing, and quality assurance.
• Familiarity with security and privacy frameworks, standards and regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, etc.
• Strong learning ability, strong self-drive, good adaptability and passion for quality and security.
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset.

Benefits

• Premium health care plans (90% employer-paid)
• Employee stock plan
• 100% 401k match (up to IRS annual max)
• Generous PTO package
• Personal training and development budget