Sr. Software Engineer (Full-Stack Eng w/solid JavaScript & fluency

The Emmes Corporation - Rockville, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Rockville, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer at Emmes Group plays a crucial role in developing innovative software solutions that enhance healthcare outcomes. This position is part of Essex, a consultancy focused on biomedical informatics and health information technology. The role involves owning the technical vision and architecture of enterprise-level software systems, contributing to best practices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a remote work environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, reliable, and performant enterprise-level software systems and services primarily using JavaScript.
• Contribute to software system architecture design and refine engineering best practices and processes.
• Write well-tested and maintainable code leveraging unit, integration, and BDD tests.
• Manage individual task priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Translate functional needs into well-tested and maintainable code.
• Utilize Cloud Functions to implement RESTful APIs that integrate with a Cloud Firestore backend.
• Work in a collaborative cross-functional team environment to move features across all tiers.
• Contribute to project documentation, including architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, API documentation, and technical SOPs.
• Assist junior staff with task-related or troubleshooting problems.
• Participate in the interviewing of engineering candidates and provide feedback to the hiring manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Graduate degree in a technical field such as Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
• 4-6 years of experience building enterprise software systems that run in a Production Google Cloud (GCP) environment.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• 3-5 years of working with a CI/CD pipeline using Git, GitHub, and GitHub Actions (or similar tools) on an existing codebase.
• 3+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or comparable programming languages.
• Experience building enterprise software systems that run in Google or AWS Cloud environment using technologies such as Cloud Functions, Firestore, BigQuery, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL.
• Comprehensive understanding of HTML, CSS, and modern web standards (Node.js, VueJS, React).
• Experience working in an Agile development environment using SCRUM or Kanban.
• Experience using Git, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience working with Web Accessibility tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Cloud development or architect certification.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Benefits

• Flexible Approved Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Work From Home Anywhere in the US
• Maternal/Paternal Leave
• Casual Dress Code & Work Environment