Backend Developer

Summary

Join the U.S. Forest Service as a Backend Developer to contribute to the development of an Enterprise Land Management System (ELMS). This role involves translating business requirements into engineering components, designing and developing backend APIs and integration components, migrating data from legacy applications, and participating in the full software development lifecycle. You will leverage your expertise in application design to optimize performance and utilize approved GitHub repositories for code management. The position requires at least 7 years of hands-on software industry experience and a Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience. The salary range is $120k-$130k, and the position offers a Public Trust clearance.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of hands-on software industry experience
• Experience in building web services such as SOAP and REST
• Experience in building Web APIs
• Familiarity with Node.js and its core principles
• Ability to read/write SQL queries
• Experience with SQL Server
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript, UI frameworks, and SPA applications
• Strong experience with backend development
• Experience with Agile development
• Familiar with Git and GitHub (branching, merging, code review, pull request, etc.)
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills, including reading comprehension, writing correspondences, leading meetings with customers, and providing demos
• 7+ years of development experience
• Bachelor of Science in IT, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (If no degree, then 11+ years of development experience is required) ; If candidate has a Masters Degree only 6 years of experience are required

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Owners and Scrum team to effectively translate the business requirements and architectural designs into engineering components to produce defect-free, thoroughly tested enterprise application
• Perform and lead the detailed technical design, coding, code review and testing of new enterprise application
• Design and develop ELMS application backend API and integration components, including security
• Migrate data fields from legacy applications into the enterprise application, replacing multiple legacy applications
• Be an integral part of a scrum team participating in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, solution design, development, QA, and implementation
• Provide expertise in application design to maximize performance including refactoring code and identifying simplifications to the design of the applications that could lead to reduced maintenance
• Use Agency approved and specified GitHub repository to store source code, document code, release packages, and associated artifacts
• Write clean and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing products/applications in Java, .NET, JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS ecosystem
• Experience with Azure managed services and CI/CD
• Proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Benefits

• Salary: $120k-$130k
• Remote Salary Range $110 — $140 USD
• Public Trust Clearance