Senior Software Engineer – OHS TTA Hub

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, test, and maintain both backend and frontend features within the Government repository utilizing the approved technology stack.

• Identify architectural challenges, software bugs, and production outages while aiding in the swift restoration of application services.

• Engage in the team's rotating urgent-issue escalation support.

• Assist in postmortem analyses of incidents and the implementation of corrective measures following production challenges.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to fellow engineers, including support for design choices and code quality evaluations.

• Collaborate with product, UX, data, and QA team members to create requirements, estimates, APIs, release scope, and acceptance criteria.

• Integrate security and privacy measures directly into application code.

• Develop and sustain effective automated testing across the application.

• Ensure accessible application interfaces and adherence to established accessibility standards.

• Keep technical and design documentation up to date.

• Participate in code reviews and advocate for consistent, maintainable engineering practices throughout the development team.

• Construct and uphold the core TTA Hub application for the Office of Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Data Platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in building and maintaining production web applications, with responsibilities that include architecture, testing, and incident recovery.

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

• Proficient development experience with Node.js/TypeScript, Express, and React.

• Experience in designing and developing APIs.

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL.

• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

• Knowledge of secure coding practices, encryption, and privacy regulations.

• Experience in developing and maintaining unit, integration, and functional tests.

• Experience in conducting and participating in code reviews.

• Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving production application issues.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and acquire a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card.

• Preferred: Experience with cloud.gov.

• Preferred: Experience with the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS).

• Preferred: Experience in developing applications that comply with Section 508 accessibility standards.

• Preferred: Experience with HHS integrations.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting production applications through an on-call or urgent-issue rotation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Occasional travel may be necessary.

• Full-time schedule with core hours in Eastern Time from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.