Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a Senior Application Developer to join our growing team supporting our client in Suitland, MD. SFI is responsible for providing full life cycle software development / DevOps for a federal agency.

Summary of Major Job Functions:

As a key member of the team, the Senior Full Stack Application Developer will interface with the customers and developers supporting a range of software development activities, including requirements collection and analysis, technical architecture design, detailed software design, implementation, test, and integration for new and existing systems. Strong development experience using Java-centric Software technologies in AWS is a critical qualification for this position.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and integrate custom JAVA backend applications and solutions.
• Design and develop Microservice applications in a cloud environment
• Interface with senior-level customer management and SMEs
• Resolve complex design, implementation, and/or performance issues.
• Work with the Information Security Organization to ensure that developed solutions meet all security requirements.
• Support all development and delivery activities, from requirements definition and specification to deployment and delivery to production.
• Consult with project teams and end users to identify new requirements; identify areas for improvement.
• Assist in the identification and evaluation of new/emerging technologies, COTS products, development, and testing
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• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 7+ years of recent software development experience
• Hands-on Java development experience, including three years of Java Open-Source frameworks and technologies.
• Experience in developing innovative Java-centric, scalable, secure enterprise custom applications
• Experience developing microservice applications and APIs
• Experience with Java EE and Java Frameworks (Spring Framework, Hibernate…)
• Experience with web applications, SOA, web services (SOAP or RESTful) development, and deployment
• Experience with AWS services and technologies
• Experience with large-scale relational database design and development using PostgreSQL
• Experience in applying Agile/Scrum methodology
• Experience leading or contributing to multiple concurrent software development projects
• Strong interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain an effective working relationship

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle Spatial
• Experience with Python
• Experience with PL/SQL
• Experience with REACT
• Java certifications: Certified Professional Java EE Web Component Developer, Certified Professional Java EE Developer, Application Developer, Certified Master Java SE Developer.

Additional Information

• To meet the clearance requirements for this opportunity, candidates must be authorized to work in the US
• All candidates will be subject to a complete background check, including, but not limited to, Criminal History, Education Verification, Professional Certification Verification, Verification of Previous Employment, and Credit History.
• Public Trust background investigations can take approximately four to eight weeks and require fingerprinting.

Other Information

• Clearance: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
  Background checks may include Criminal History, Education Verification, Employment Verification, Professional Certifications, and Credit History. (Public Trust investigations typically take 4–8 weeks and require fingerprinting.)
• Work Environment: Flexible/remote, with occasional on-site support as needed.
• Salary Range: $90,000 – $138,000 annually
• Benefits: SFI offers a comprehensive benefits package. Details available at SFI Careers.
• This is a full-time, W2 position.
• No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
• Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer — all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status.
• SFI participates in E-Verify.