Job Title: Software Engineer
Location: Annapolis, MD
Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

The Hybrid Software Engineers will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining two (2) of our primary applications being rewritten. The focus areas include event-driven design, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Kubernetes, React, Elastic search, and either RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Responsibilities:

Design and Development:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement software solutions.
• Apply event-driven design principles to build scalable and resilient applications.
• Develop microservices using Spring Boot.
• Create responsive user interfaces using React.

Message Brokers:

• Work with RabbitMQ for message queuing and event streaming.
• If experience is in Kafka, understand the architectural differences between RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Implement message producers and consumers.

Deployment and Infrastructure:

• Deploy microservices to Kubernetes clusters, utilizing CI/CD pipeline.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems.
• Optimize application performance and scalability.

Quality Assurance:

• Write unit tests with a goal of 85% coverage and participate in peer code reviews.
• Conduct system testing and debugging activities.

Documentation and Communication:

• Document technical specifications, architecture, and design decisions.
• Design shall include sequence diagram for major use cases.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and deliverables.

Reporting:

• A weekly report communicating project progress and status.
• Weekly time reporting on JIS provided forms, and any additional reports as assigned by the supervising manager.