Backend Application Engineer
Accenture Federal Services· enterprise· Defense & Federal IT Services· Sep 16, 2026 · 1mo ago
Washington, DC
Hybrid
Full-time
Mid
$100K–$158K est.
Job description
At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.
Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.
Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!
You are:
A Backend Application Engineer who enjoys turning complex business and mission needs into dependable enterprise software. You build the services, APIs, business logic, data interactions, and integrations that power federal applications. You may be developing your foundation across back-end engineering or already be ready to independently own services, integrations, and meaningful application workstreams. This capability is intentionally broader than a single programming language. As your experience grows, you may lead application modernization efforts, define service and integration patterns, mentor engineers, and influence architecture and engineering standards across teams.
The work:
Design, build, test, and maintain enterprise application services, APIs, business logic, data-access layers, and integrations.
Develop solutions using languages and frameworks appropriate to the problem, including Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, or comparable technologies.
Integrate applications with databases, messaging platforms, external services, legacy systems, cloud services, and enterprise platforms.
Modernize legacy application components and help decompose tightly coupled systems into maintainable services and reusable capabilities.
Write automated unit, integration, and API tests and participate in code reviews, CI/CD, debugging, release support, and production issue resolution.
Apply secure coding, API design, error handling, logging, observability, performance, and data-integrity practices throughout development.
Use AFS-approved AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to accelerate coding, testing, refactoring, documentation, and analysis while validating outputs.
Partner with Product Managers, Digital Experience Engineers, Quality Engineers, Cloud Platform Engineers, architects, security teams, and client stakeholders.
As your experience grows, lead complex services or application areas, establish technical patterns, mentor engineers, and shape modernization and architecture decisions.
Here's what you need:
Professional experience in back-end, application, software, API, or integration engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Hands-on development experience in at least one modern enterprise language such as Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, or a comparable language.
Experience building or consuming REST APIs, services, business logic, or enterprise application integrations.
Experience with relational or NoSQL databases and common data-access concepts.
Experience leveraging code assist technologies while developing applications (e.g., Gemini Code Assist, GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, etc.)
Understanding of automated testing, source control, code review, debugging, CI/CD, and Agile software delivery.
For candidates with deeper experience, demonstrated ability to lead complex application work, mentor others, define engineering patterns, and make sound tradeoff decisions across teams.
Bonus points if you have:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with Spring/Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, FastAPI/Django/Flask, Go frameworks, or comparable application frameworks.
Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, messaging technologies, API gateways, or enterprise integration patterns.
Experience with AWS, Azure, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, or cloud-native application development.
Experience with application modernization, legacy integration, data migration, performance engineering, or secure software development.
Ability to learn unfamiliar systems, communicate technical issues clearly, and take increasing ownership of services or application workstreams.
Previous federal consulting, government, or mission-oriented delivery experience.
Eligibility Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship required.
Ability to work with federal clients and comply with applicable AFS, client, security, and program requirements.
Ability to work in a hybrid, remote, or client-site environment as program needs require.
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is: $83,600 — $196,000 USD
What We Believe
As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement.
Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affirmative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Requesting An Accommodation
Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you are being considered for employment opportunities with Accenture Federal Services and need an accommodation for a disability or religious observance during the interview process or for the job you are interviewing for, please speak with your recruiter.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
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