Jr. Developer (Python, AWS)

Peregrine Advisors is a firm founded on a simple conviction: the best solutions come from the people closest to the problem, given real ownership and the tools to deliver. We are a data and technology innovation hub and a Benefit Corporation working at the center of the federal government's mission to deliver for client stakeholders and the US public, looking for highly motivated contributors who thrive when trusted to own a hard problem and equipped to deliver the solution.

Your first assignment

Your first assignment will likely include contributing to refinement and execution of user stories by:

• building AWS cloud-native, event-driven serverless application workflows using Lambda and Step Functions;
• integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products with broader, internally developed system frameworks;
• developing internal or external API interconnections to facilitate modern system architectures; or
• building the data and document pipelines that turn manual, paper-heavy process into something automatic

Adaptability and an appetite for learning new concepts, systems, and tools is what will move you forward fastest here.

The work is real, hard, and it matters. It is also where you start, not the shape of your career here: we hire people, not seats, and we move our best to where the hardest problems are.

What you'll build

• Modern, cloud-native systems that provide exceptional business value through streamlined, automated operation.
• Working, tested code, reviewed by people who explain what to change and why, and the defects you find and fix along the way: the fastest ways to get good at this.
• The automation that replaces manual process: the checks, the validations, and the workflows that used to be somebody's spreadsheet.
• Deployments that are routine: services released through pipelines rather than through events.
• AI-assisted development as standard practice: learning tools like Amazon Q Developer across the lifecycle.
• In time, the firm itself: new capabilities, tools, and lines of business you help spin up.

Who you are

You are highly motivated to develop your professional skills as both a technical and business problem solver, working to combine knowledge across domains to deliver high-impact business solutions. You ask when you are stuck rather than guessing, you take feedback as the fastest route forward, and when priorities shift, you shift with them. You communicate clearly, adapt across roles and clients, and care about creating public value. You experiment, fail, learn, and repeat quickly. You would rather own an outcome than be handed a task.

What you bring

• A foundation in modern cloud development and a real appetite to go deeper.
• The delivery habits, or the willingness to build them fast: version control, unit and integration testing, code review, secure coding, and accessibility.
• The communication to say clearly what you have done, what you are stuck on, and what you need.
• The precision to work where accuracy and auditability are not optional.

What you'll need

U.S. citizenship (this initial engagement may be staffed by U.S. citizens only) and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination. This is a hybrid role based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and it requires commuting into DC regularly. Everything else, the years, the certifications, the specific tools, we ask in the application and get into during the interview.

What we offer

A high-performing team of developers, engineers, data scientists, architects, and strategists solving complex, real-world problems, with work that runs from strategy formulation to hands-on implementation. We develop people across roles and clients, with extensive onboarding and sponsored training and professional development. And Peregrine has been a Benefit Corporation from day one: public value is built into the work itself, not bolted on afterward. Work worth your best years.

What we commit to

As a Benefit Corporation, our commitment runs three ways: real, measurable value for our clients; government that works better for the public; and a team that makes everyone in it better.

We hire people who want to help build the firm, not just work at it. If that is you, apply.

Peregrine Advisors is an equal opportunity employer.

Peregrine exclusively works with OPEN Data Jobs to recruit our team. Register with OPEN Data Jobs to be considered for this opening and future roles. 

Requirements

• 3+ years of software development experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Working-level command of Python

• Experience with modern languages and frameworks, and with version control
• Familiarity with cloud development on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) concepts
• Ability to turn a defined specification into working, tested code and own it through to production

Preferred

• Amazon Web Services exposure or certification
• Federal information technology experience
• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tooling

Benefits

Full medical, dental, and vision; a matched 401(k) with immediate vesting; unlimited paid time off; and sponsored certifications.