Senior Software Engineer

Location: McLean, VA or Richmond, VA

Work Environment: Hybrid

Role Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer at Exiger, you will be responsible for designing and developing software projects from a technical implementation perspective that satisfy the project's requirements. You will create, maintain, and improve our APIs and backend services, owning features from conception to deployment, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and automating manual processes.

What You'll Do

• Create, maintain, and improve existing APIs and backend services
• Own features from conception to deployment and maintain technical documentation
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teammates throughout the development
• Cycle through proactive communication, documentation, and reporting
• Manage CI/CD pipeline
• Automate manual processes

What You Need

• Experience with Microservices architecture and domain driven design
• Experience implementing effective feature testing
• Ability to come up to speed on our core technologies quickly
• Ability to balance the quality of code and speed of delivery
• Experience with cross‑functional feature team development
• Ability to work well in a collaborative environment and listen and learn from stakeholders
• Solution‑oriented communicator with strong problem‑solving skills
• Collaborate with team on architecture decisions

Professional Experience Required

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• 6+ years experience programming with Java or another object‑oriented language (C, C++, C#, Python, etc.)
• 4+ years experience designing, developing and delivering microservices
• 2+ years experience leading and mentoring others
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms, software development best practices, and system design (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Understanding of different messaging protocols and format standards and languages (SOAP, REST, XML, JSON, HTML, GraphQL, RPC)

Benefits

• Discretionary time off for all employees, with no maximum limits
• Industry‑leading health, vision, and dental benefits
• Competitive compensation package
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
• Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.