Lead Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• In the role of Lead Developer, you will offer technical leadership for teams involved in the operations, maintenance, enhancements, forms development, chatbot functionalities, system-to-system integrations, release planning, deployment, testing, documentation, and production support of Grants.gov applications.

• You will collaborate extensively with federal stakeholders, architects, product owners, scrum masters, developers, testers, operations staff, security teams, IV&V partners, helpdesk partners, and modernization teams to design, build, troubleshoot, and deploy reliable, secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions.

• You will ensure that development activities are in accordance with HHS EPLC expectations, as well as security and privacy regulations, application performance requirements, and the operational continuity necessities of a public-facing federal shared service.

• Oversee application development, maintenance, and enhancement initiatives for Grants.gov, which include web-based functionalities, system-to-system interfaces, forms processing, chatbot-related updates, and operational support features.

• Provide hands-on technical guidance to developers by directing solution design, coding standards, code reviews, troubleshooting, defect resolution, refactoring, and secure development practices.

• Design, develop, test, and implement approved application enhancements in line with HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle expectations and program change management protocols.

• Assist with corrective and preventative maintenance for the Grants.gov application and chatbot to ensure availability, performance, usability, and continuous service through rolling deployment practices.

• Create and maintain Grants.gov forms and associated processing capabilities, which include validation, browser compatibility, Section 508 compliance, XML and PDF generation, and compatibility with current and previous form viewer versions.

• Facilitate S2S technical coordination, including certificate management, diagnostics, error log analysis, interface troubleshooting, and issue resolution for partner organizations.

• Collaborate with operations, database, cloud, security, and application platform teams on deployments, configuration adjustments, performance optimization, monitoring, incident response, and production support needs.

• Assist with testing initiatives, including unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, defect triage, IV&V coordination, release readiness, and validation of production changes.

• Revise and maintain technical documentation, development artifacts, system documentation, release notes, online help updates, troubleshooting guides, and other materials necessary for the operation and maintenance of the system.

• Investigate production issues, helpdesk escalations, stuck submissions, broken links, performance challenges, and application defects; recommend and implement timely solutions and long-term enhancements.

• Collaborate with architects and modernization teams to pinpoint technical improvements, reduce technical debt, enhance maintainability, support cost-efficiency goals, and align legacy Grants.gov functionalities with future modernization objectives.

• Clearly communicate technical status, risks, design considerations, alternatives, and recommendations to technical teams, federal stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree.

• An additional four (4) years of experience required in lieu of a degree.

• Over 8 years of experience in software development, application maintenance, systems integration, or technology modernization, including experience in leading development teams or workstreams.

• Proven experience in designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise applications in complex, mission-critical settings.

• Experience in supporting application operations and maintenance, defect resolution, release planning, deployment coordination, performance optimization, and production support.

• Background in developing or supporting web applications, APIs, system-to-system integrations, data exchanges, forms processing, workflow capabilities, or user management functions.

• Working knowledge of secure software development, application lifecycle management, configuration management, quality assurance, DevSecOps practices, and change management processes.

• Capacity to coordinate effectively with architects, product owners, scrum masters, developers, testers, operations teams, security teams, federal stakeholders, IV&V partners, helpdesk partners, and other contractors.

• Strong understanding of: Application design, coding standards, code reviews, refactoring, and maintainability; Web application development, APIs, integrations, data exchange, and interface troubleshooting; Unit, integration, regression, performance, accessibility, and security testing practices; Release readiness, deployment planning, defect triage, incident response, and production support; Technical documentation, system documentation, release notes, and operational knowledge transfer.

• Experience with development and collaboration tools such as Git, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, CI/CD tools, or similar platforms.

• Excellent technical communication, problem-solving, mentoring, and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues to executive, federal, technical, and non-technical audiences.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must secure approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance.

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays.

• Parental Leave.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan.

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance.

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance.

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits.

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability.

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities.

• Employee Referral Program.

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach.

• Care.com annual membership.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, and ID theft protection, etc.).

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.