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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Java) Job Number: 941 This is a remote position. Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government. Work on things that matter Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology. Built for a remote life Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works. The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact. Primary Responsibilities The Staff Software Engineer - Back End serves as an emerging subject matter expert and individual contributor who operates with a high level of trust, autonomy, and ownership. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will provide technical leadership to ensure scope, schedule, quality, and delivery requirements are met and may support adjacent programs within the business unit. You will represent the software engineering discipline in technical and product planning, advocate for effective technical solutions, and clearly communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs. You will serve as a technical lead and trusted partner to engineering teams, product teams, clients, and stakeholders while driving improvements in software engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Software Engineer - Back End include: • Provides technical leadership for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of complex back-end applications and services • Plans and executes technical roadmaps for new and existing projects with minimal guidance from technical leadership • Leads technical discussions and contributes to architecture, system design, API design, and technology selection decisions • Designs and evaluates scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable technical solutions while clearly communicating architectural decisions and tradeoffs • Designs, develops, and maintains REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures • Partners with product, design, engineering, and other cross-functional team members to translate product and business needs into effective technical solutions • Actively participates in planning sessions and technical discussions with clients, partners, and key stakeholders • Breaks down complex or ambiguous technical problems, identifies constraints and dependencies, and provides clear technical direction • Reduces technical ambiguity and debt through documentation, refactoring, automated testing, and improvements to engineering practices • Establishes and promotes engineering standards related to code quality, testing, maintainability, security, performance, and reliability • Performs code reviews and provides technical guidance and actionable feedback to engineers • Mentors engineers and supports technical growth through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership • Identifies technical risks and dependencies and provides recommendations to mitigate delivery risks • Communicates effectively about existing systems, architectural decisions, technical constraints, and project history to support technical demonstrations, proposals, and other client-facing activities • Presents technical concepts and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, clearly articulating implementation complexity, tradeoffs, risks, and costs • Participates in technical interviews and evaluations of engineering candidates • Periodically travels to collaborate with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholders Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of software engineering experience • Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education • 9 years+ experience developing production applications and services using Java/J2EE and Spring Boot . • Experience designing, developing, and integrating REST APIs and microservices • Expert-level proficiency in back-end software engineering, with experience providing technical leadership on complex software development efforts • Experience designing and implementing scalable, maintainable, and reliable software solutions • Experience providing technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers Preferred Qualifications • Experience developing applications, services, or automation using Java • Experience with PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch • Experience designing and supporting event-driven architectures • Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS • Experience with AWS services, including ECS and Lambda • Experience with containerized application development and deployment using Docker • Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform • Experience with GitLab, including source control and CI/CD pipelines • Experience with Maven and POM management • Experience with Python dependency management using Poetry • Experience with automated testing, code reviews, debugging, and modern software engineering practices • Experience designing or supporting distributed systems and microservices architectures • Experience with application security, observability, performance optimization, and production troubleshooting • Experience delivering software within federal government or public-sector environments • Experience supporting technical solutioning, technical demonstrations, or client-facing engineering discussions To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: adhocteam.us Benefits: • Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply. In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $150,000 - $165,000 Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. job reference: adhoc.team

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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Java)
Job Number: 941
This is a remote position.
Work on things that matter
Built for a remote life
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Primary expectations of a Staff Software Engineer - Back End include:
Provides technical leadership for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of complex back-end applications and services
Plans and executes technical roadmaps for new and existing projects with minimal guidance from technical leadership
Leads technical discussions and contributes to architecture, system design, API design, and technology selection decisions
Designs and evaluates scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable technical solutions while clearly communicating architectural decisions and tradeoffs
Designs, develops, and maintains REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures

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Experience developing applications, services, or automation using Java
Experience with PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch
Experience designing and supporting event-driven architectures
Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS
Experience with AWS services, including ECS and Lambda
Experience with containerized application development and deployment using Docker
Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform
Experience with GitLab, including source control and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Maven and POM management
Experience with Python dependency management using Poetry
Experience with automated testing, code reviews, debugging, and modern software engineering practices
Experience designing or supporting distributed systems and microservices architectures

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