Backend Developer

Summary

Join Easy Dynamics, a fast-paced organization valuing excellence and collaboration, as a Software Engineer. You will contribute to the development and maintenance of the agency's digital assets, including the public-facing website, consumerfinance.gov. This role involves software development, continuous integration, and collaboration with various teams. You will leverage your expertise in Python, Django, and cloud technologies to build and improve web applications and services. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in web development, specifically within a federal AWS environment, and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• At least 5+ years of demonstrated experience in the following
• Develops, tests, implements, and maintains web-based application systems
• Troubleshoots system problems and issues and looks for ways to improve the application
• Expertise of commonly used web development concepts, practices, and procedures, including
• Python
• Django
• Cloud services, such as AWS
• Container technology, such as Docker
• Build automation deployment
• Demonstrated experience working on open-source projects with specific experience delivering public facing solutions
• Experience developing and maintaining Django web applications in a federal AWS environment
• Experience with PostgreSQL in a production cloud environment
• Experience with the Elasticsearch and/or OpenSearch library
• Experience creating unit tests and integration tests
• Experience working with Github for source code management and planning
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and building and maintaining containerized images

Responsibilities

• Provide software development, continuous integration, software delivery, systems administration, software quality, and systems documentation support to the agency’s digital assets, including the Bureau’s public-facing web site, consumerfinance.gov, as well as internal software tools
• Meet with the Application Development Team and content contributors to develop and discuss strategies and plans for the agency’s web products, to analyze web content needs, and to propose ways the web products can address those needs
• Create web applications and web services using various web programming languages, frameworks, and databases including Python, SQL, Django, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Assist with the management and development of agency’s website, including configuring and modifying the Wagtail CMS
• Assist in both the architectural and visual modernization and maintenance of the agency’s website
• Assist in building a strong technical foundation in build, release, and production using continuous integration tools such as Jenkins
• Engage with various agency personnel to understand requirements in order to develop better software and identify new ways in which the development team can easily solve agency issues
• Collaborate with stakeholders on the design, development, and data teams to build valuable tools that benefit the day-to-day operations and broader missions
• Provide training on a variety of systems development methodologies, best-practices, and tools along with insight into new technologies and solutions that could help the Application Team and the agency at large
• Assist in the development of Use Cases, Requirements Definition Documents, User and Administration Manuals, Detailed Design Specifications, and Training Manuals and Plans