Software Engineer

Junior Software Engineer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Junior Software Engineer for a contract assignment with one of our premier regulatory clients in the DMV area. Maintain and enhance the firm's Herd platform — a Java/Spring RESTful big data governance system on AWS providing data catalog, lineage tracking, and job orchestration. We're looking for someone comfortable in a mature, production-critical codebase where reading existing code matters as much as writing new code. Methodical, detail-oriented, able to context-switch between feature work, bug fixes, and upgrades.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance a large-scale Java/Spring RESTful application — building new API features, fixing bugs, and releasing regularly
• Writes code that captures the essential nature of the solution and is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations requires a variety of known factors
• Provide technical support to platform users and investigate issues — troubleshooting, answering questions, and guiding API usage
• Maintain code quality through reviews, security vulnerability remediation, and framework/dependency upgrades
• Integrate with AWS services (S3, EMR, SQS, SNS, Elasticsearch, RDS/Aurora)
• Write and improve unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure reliability and production readiness
• Upgrade and maintain the Angular UI and SDK clients
• Maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments
• Analyze the system to determine the properties and functions of each piece of work
• Build tools and produce technical documentation to improve developer efficiency
• Adapt to business change and seek out new learning opportunities
• Recommend viable alternatives when faced with shifting priorities
• Build productive working relationships to resolve mutual problems

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 3 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience
• Strong proficiency in Java with Spring Framework and Spring Security
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs using JAX-RS or Spring REST
• Working knowledge of JPA/Hibernate and relational databases (PostgreSQL/Aurora)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (S3, EMR, SQS, RDS, SNS)
• Familiarity with Docker and ECS container deployments
• Comfortable with Maven builds, Git workflows, and testing (JUnit/Mockito)
• Experience with Jenkins CI/CD — configuring jobs, writing Jenkinsfiles, managing multi-branch pipelines
• Experience with performance testing using Gatling
• Basic familiarity with Angular and TypeScript
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (Kiro or similar) for coding, debugging, and test writing

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work.