Software Engineer-Washington D.C.

Software Engineer

Location: Washington D.C.

Position Type: Contract

Rate: DOE $/hr.

No Visa sponsorship available for this Job (US Citizen, Green Card, GC-EAD)

Must Have:

Back end Java Developer Web Sockets Multi-Threading Spring Boot Building Caching System AWS Lambda GIT

Education and Experience

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field.

• 2+ years of relevant work experience, including extensive programming experience and strong object-oriented skills including Java server-side development.

• In-depth knowledge of WebSockets and experience in writing code for WS and WSS and protocols.

• Experience in writing code using multithreading.

• Experience in Springboot is a plus.

• Experience in building Caching systems is a plus.

• Experience with high-scale, distributed web service development (hands-on experience with RESTful web services).

• Experience as part of a team doing state-of-the art, object-oriented software development including continuous integration, test-driven-development, automated unit and integration testing.

• Experience provisioning and managing applications in both virtual and cloud infrastructures (AWS preferred).

• Experience with AWS Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB.

• Experience developing service oriented architectures and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.

• Experience with Agile development methodologies and practices.

• UNIX/Linux background: facility with command-line utilities; familiarity with system administration tools and concepts.

• Familiarity with distributed systems and micro-services a plus.

• Experience with various data interchange and representation formats such as JSON, XML.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of major open frameworks and platforms including Spring and Docker.

• Experience with versioning tools. GIT a plus.

• Experience with Jenkins for continuous integration

• Knowledge of Docker Swarm and/or Kubernetes. Deployment orchestration tools.

• Must demonstrate an understanding of software design patterns and the practical application of those patterns.

• Strong initiative: must be able to take high-level requirements, ask questions and get clarifications, decompose into deliverable software components, design and implement solution to meet functional, performance, and quality acceptance criteria.

• Excellent communication: must be a good listener, willing to ask questions, and able to clearly communicate ideas with team members and external groups.

• Nice to have: Proficient in any of these languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian.

Job Responsibilities

• Writing production-quality, tested code.

• Understanding the code base for your components in depth.

• Producing technical designs and documentation at varying levels of granularity

• Collaborating with our quality assurance and technical operations teams to provide outstanding customer service.

• Participating in code reviews and helping the team to be effective and agile.

• Staying educated on technical developments and tools necessary for the design and maintenance of complex, distributed platforms