Lead Software Engineer

Description

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance backend services and frontend applications supporting multiple HIOS modules • Lead and mentor a team of two to five engineers • Support project planning, execution, and delivery activities • Conduct performance reviews and provide coaching and career guidance • Partner with clients, stakeholders, and organizational leadership • Support staffing, workload balancing, and resource planning • Drive team accountability and delivery excellence • Identify and resolve delivery risks and challenges • Develop new functionality while maintaining existing enterprise applications • Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve software defects across integrated applications • Refactor code to improve maintainability, performance, and sustainability • Support annual plan year updates and evolving CMS business requirements • Develop and maintain Java applications using the Spring Framework • Build and consume RESTful APIs, business logic, data access components, and batch processing capabilities • Build applications using Maven and enterprise development standards • Support PostgreSQL databases through application development, SQL optimization, and troubleshooting • Develop and maintain user interfaces using React and Angular.js • Support JSP-based applications and incremental UI improvements • Integrate frontend applications with secure backend services and enterprise authentication • Maintain REST APIs, batch processes, secure file transfers, and enterprise integrations supporting CMS systems, HealthCare.gov, state marketplaces, insurance issuers, and external partners • Develop SQL queries, support reporting and scheduled data exports, and maintain PostgreSQL integrations with Talend and Liquibase • Support CMS Enterprise Portal authentication and authorization, IDM, MFA, role-based access, and centralized user provisioning • Participate in release planning, deployments, regression testing, production support, and continuous improvement • Develop and support AWS-hosted applications • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines • Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams throughout the software development lifecycle • Participate in Agile ceremonies, peer code reviews, technical documentation, and stakeholder communication • Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA engineers, DevOps engineers, and cross-functional team members

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a CMS Moderate Risk Public Trust clearance • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience • 7+ years of professional software development experience with Java, Spring Framework, REST APIs, and Maven • Experience developing frontend applications with React, Angular, and TypeScript • Familiarity with JSP is a plus • Experience with PostgreSQL databases, including SQL development and troubleshooting • Familiarity with AWS services: EC2, ECS, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM • Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Nexus • Experience supporting enterprise application integrations, authentication and authorization, and production operations in an Agile environment • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills

Benefits

• Opportunity to earn annual bonus • Medical benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • PTO • Company-paid life insurance • Generous 401k match program • Purpose-driven work supporting the public good • Calm company culture without artificial urgency, facetime, or workaholism • Diversity, equity, and inclusion-focused workplace

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