• designing and delivering complex backend features and services, from concept through deployment and maintenance • developing high-quality, production-grade software using Java and Spring Boot, aligned with architectural standards • driving technical excellence by applying best practices, clean architecture principles, and robust testing strategies • (For Senior Devs) mentoring junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and design guidance • improving automation, reliability, performance, and overall engineering practices within the team • collaborating closely with product, delivery, and engineering teams to shape effective technical solutions • contributing to technical strategy and influencing patterns, standards, and long-term scalability.

• Maintain and enhance existing PHP-based applications • Analyze and work with legacy codebases and system architecture • Identify, troubleshoot, and fix bugs and performance issues • Refactor legacy code to improve readability, stability, and maintainability • Implement new features within existing system constraints • Support gradual modernization of outdated components • Write clean, structured code aligned with OOP and Clean Code practices • Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure stable releases • Write and maintain automated tests where feasible • Contribute to technical documentation • Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

Role Description The position is responsible for providing development, ongoing maintenance, and support of complex Java applications, including the development of enhancements to applications. Supporting our client, changes are being made to enhance the stability and functionality of financial, budgeting, contracting, and statistical systems. Your knowledge, skills and experience are integral to modernizing, developing and maintaining applications. You will be automating processes, streamlining critical business processes, ensuring data integrity, and the security of the applications. The ideal candidate will have experience working remotely while using MS Teams to engage with clients and the development team. As a critical part of a diverse team of developers, you will be working online during client working hours (8am – 4pm Eastern Time, Mon – Fri), with direction provided by senior developer(s) and functional client personnel utilizing MS Teams. Qualifications - Modern JavaScript Development: Proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript and related frameworks, specifically Angular, for building complex, data-driven applications. - Legacy Angular and Java JDK Refactoring: Confidence in analyzing application code in older Angular versions, and rewriting, refactoring, redesigning, and improving upon legacy code. - Web Application Administration: Familiarity deploying applications (especially automated using CI/CD pipelines) to and working with Tomcat. - CI / CD Pipelines: Experience working with automated deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions (preferred) or Jenkins. - Source Control: Very comfortable working with code under active development by multiple developers using Git best practices, including regular commits, branching, and merging and release management. - Microservices / REST Services: Experience writing, maintaining, and working with RESTful microservices for various application purposes, like authentication, data access and similar. - Containerization: Working with container providers like Docker, and experience deploying to services like AWS EKS. - Automated Testing: Experience writing unit tests for JavaScript and/or PHP applications and incorporating tests into a CI/CD pipeline. - AWS Environments: Familiarity developing for and deploying to environments running on AWS resources. - Experience working on large agile projects. - Experience in Federal Financial Management systems, specifically working with financial data for budgeting is a plus. - 5+ years developing complex computer systems using Java, and JavaScript. - 5+ years developing complex computer systems using typical Java IDEs such as Eclipse, Visual Studio (VS Code), etc. - BA/BS Degree or 4 additional years of experience. - Must be a US Citizen. - AWS Certification preferred. - Must have a Public Trust clearance, at a minimum. Requirements - Salary: $140k-$150k depending on experience.

• Act as the technical owner from design to resolution of tailored solutions. • Manage risk identification and mitigation strategies associated with the architecture. • Mentor Engineers and others within the Architecture Practice community. • Develop and execute a technical vision focused on business value. • Design architectures that align with DevOps and QA Automation practices.