Software Engineer (Backend-Java)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Nava</strong></h2> <div>Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div></div><h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>This role is open for multiple levels and titles. Final title/compensation will be determined by how your interview weighs against our core competencies during your interview cycle.</strong></em></span></h2> <h2><strong>Position summary</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. You care deeply about working on technology that improves people’s lives, but don’t think technology is always the answer. You are passionate about building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and you'll help set high standards for our teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Software Engineer role will be responsible for developing end to end systems for one of Nava's major government partners.&nbsp; The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need. This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy and planning through to post-production testing and support.</span></p> <h2><strong>What you'll do</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Create tools and processes to automate our development, testing, and production workflows</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Write and review technical documentation, performing code reviews</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed</span></li> </ul> <h2><strong>Required skills</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At least 5 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale on Cloud platforms</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience designing and implementing production-grade, cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and containerized deployment patterns</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with using relational databases, preferably Postgres, using JDBC and ORM mappers like Hibernate</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with DevOps, preferably with Jenkins CI/CD</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience utilizing AWS cloud native services and data engineering</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate on working code</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term vs. long term benefits</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Compensation</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$127,800</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$135,900 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Other requirements</strong></h2> <div><strong><em>All roles at Nava require the following:</em></strong></div> <div>Legal authorization to work in the United States</div> <div>Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired</div> <div>Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future</div> <div>May be subject to a gover