• Work collaboratively on a team using agile practices to ship software incrementally with frequent customer feedback • Design, develop, and deploy backend services in Java/Kotlin that process high-volume telemetry and alerting workloads, with reliability and customer impact top of mind • Collaborate with product managers and engineers who specialize in high-throughput data streaming systems, computing infrastructure, design, UIs, and customer-facing APIs • Implement exciting new Alerting features that affect our entire pipeline, and also help reduce tech debt and retire old architecture • Advocate for architecture improvements, provide future direction, and clearly articulate reasons why while assessing tradeoffs • Develop and deploy your code to customers multiple times per day • Be part of a small team of engineers collectively accountable for the reliability and security of the team's software • Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code; participate in peer code reviews and contribute to internal technical documentation • Maintain a work-life balance that enables you to thrive by leveraging flex time-off, ten weeks of paid parental leave, and our DataNerds4Good volunteer time off program • Submit PRs to other teams' codebases with low friction by providing the context the team needs to understand and approve the changes

• Work with a highly skilled team of engineers to turn business requirements into technical requirements • Collaborate with the development, design, and growth team to come up with scalable solutions • Help develop and maintain key features of the existing platform • Enhance customer experience and platform usability • Maintain, manage, and scale current stack on an ongoing basis • Have ownership and responsibility for the code and the product

Role Description 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. The Backend Test Engineer role will be responsible for developing end to end systems for one of Nava's major government partners. The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to improve its public facing processes, and experiences which will enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need, in real-time, in a more user friendly and uncomplicated way. This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy, and planning through to post production testing, and support. What you'll do - Working with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software - Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems - Working in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs - Write and maintain documentation for test plans, test cases, and test results - Monitor and analyze test results, and report defects and performance issues to development teams - Ensure compliance with security best practices in all testing activities - Participating in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur - Taking part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed Qualifications - Minimum of 8 years of testing experience - At least 5 years coding in Javascript - Ability to develop testing strategy, define testing processes, introduce best practices, and advocate for test automation - Experience with defining and executing test plans and test cases for complex enterprise applications - Strong skills in tracking, reporting, and prioritizing defects using tools like Jira, Github project - Experience with a mix of automation tools such as: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, or other automation frameworks - Knowledge of performance testing tools - Experience leading regression, UAT, and E2E testing - Familiarity with security testing and data protection best practices - Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented - Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short term vs. long term benefits - An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative and positive mindset - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise Requirements - Legal authorization to work in the United States - Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired - Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future - May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract Benefits - Health coverage — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs - Insurance coverage — Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost - Time off — vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge - Company holidays — enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO - Annual bonus — when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus - Parental leave — paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home - Wellness program — full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools - Virtual care — see doctors online with no copay through UnitedHealthcare’s virtual visit program - Sabbatical leave — earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest - 401(k) match — Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan - Flexible work — remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities - Home office setup — company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs - Utility support — monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses - Learning opportunities — internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills - Development opportunities — LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs - Referral bonus — get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team - Commuter benefits — pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable - Supportive culture — A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care

• Architect and lead scalable release orchestration workflows across cloud-native, SaaS, enterprise, and AI product environments, including quality gates and automated validation throughout the SDLC • Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms, implementing progressive delivery strategies such as blue/green deployments, canary releases, and phased rollouts • Lead enterprise software packaging and artifact lifecycle management, including SBOM generation, artifact signing, provenance, dependency validation, and binary integrity verification • Establish release governance frameworks with defined KPIs — deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR, and lead time — driving operational stability and incident reduction • Embed DevSecOps principles into release workflows, collaborating with Security Engineering to integrate scanning, policy enforcement, compliance automation, and vulnerability validation • Serve as the technical authority for release engineering standards, mentoring engineers and guiding teams on release automation, deployment strategies, and CI/CD best practices • Communicate release readiness, operational risks, and deployment strategies to both technical and executive stakeholders