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Attain Partners is an innovative consulting firm dedicated to disrupting the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those we touch. From strategy to technology and everywhere in between, our experts use their unique skills to advance the important missions of education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government clients.
People are at the center of all we do, and that’s why we empower career growth, provide industry-leading benefits packages, encourage a flexible work environment, and foster a culture of inclusion to support the needs of our team. We share a collective passion for our mission and our people. Guided by our seven core values, The Attain Way, our vision is the foundation of our culture—to be and attain the best.
Job Description
The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining two primary applications being rewritten. The focus areas include event-driven design, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Kubernetes, React, Elastic search, and either RabbitMQ or Kafka.
Place of Performance
Work shall be performed in a hybrid setting each week, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm EST, as follows:
- Two (2) days remote at a suitable off-site location
- Three (3) days on site in Annapolis, MD
Job 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 with 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 Communications
- 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.
Required Skills
- Front-end experience utilizing React and/or Angular.
- Either RabbitMQ or Kafka for message queuing.
- Elastic search experience is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of the use of design patterns.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.
- Proficiency in event-driven design principles.
- Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
Additional Information
Attain Partners values your mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing. Our comprehensive benefits package starts on your first day of employment and includes benefits such as:
- Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, HSA and FSA accounts, life and disability insurance, fertility and family planning benefits, and employee assistance and discount programs
- 11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
- Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
- Flexible career paths – our career tracks provide advancement, mobility, and flexibility as you continue to grow with us
- A healthy environment where we value unique experiences, and care about everything that makes you, you.
Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills, ranging from $145,000 - $175,000. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.
Attain Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.
