Junior Full Stack Software Engineer

Title: Junior Full Stack Software Engineer Location: Reston, VA - 100% Remote Duration: Long Term Assignment Must Have: Bachelors Computer Science Java JavaScript (ES6) Node.js (Development) Position Overview: Full Stack Software Engineer must be a skilled engineer with an unwavering passion for excellence in Software Engineering and drive to transform that passion into consistent excellence in product development. The candidate will partner with Product Owners/Architects, Developers, and other Software Engineers to help design, define, implement functional features, system level validation and verify features of product development. Qualified candidates will show an aptitude learning and implementation of advanced software engineering practices in AWS, Microservices environment to solve complex problems with a mission to release high quality software that is resilient and optimally performing. Candidates will be engaged in both software development and quality engineering as a senior full stack engineer. Responsibilities: Builds, tests, deploys, and maintains production Java code for complex web-based applications using J2E, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, Python languages. Incorporates Cloud technologies on new application development to include micro-services and AWS services such as lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, and DynamoDB. Works in DevOps agile teams primarily in AWS technology environment Development of code and test automation suite to support security features, technical scoping ensuring that features deliver the expected functionality with high quality. Ensures that continuous integration is performed on the application source code and constantly seeks to enhance the continuous integration methods of the development team to ensure extremely high quality of code. Responsible for support of and coordinating with other Engineers, Architects and teams including other technology teams such as a User Experience team or an infrastructure team. Required Skills: Bachelor's degree required. Experience in working with AWS services like Lambda, DynamoDB, Athena, Glue, Redis, OpenSearch, Aurora, Cloud Front, API Gateway etc. Experience in Java, J2EE, REST, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, SQL and NoSQL databases - applied to develop web applications. Experience in developing backend components using Python, NodeJS, Typescript. Experience in developing unit tests, QA automation, performance scripts using Jest, playwright, JMeter etc. Exposure to DevOps tools and automation scripts for IAC using AWS CDK, ansible, Cloud Formation. Good communication skills. Must be adaptable, open minded and sensible for the team needs. Preferred Skills: Ability to perform in multiple roles on a team, including testing and production support as well as development Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving ability Experience using libraries and frameworks where it makes sense, while still understanding how each line in your codebase works Willingness to work on QA and develop test automation scripts and participate in code reviews Ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously and effectively in a cross-functional team environment Ethos of continuous improvement and interest in learning new things Strong ability to understand and internalize the big picture and broader implications Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skill with the ability to work with a diverse set of colleagues, across functions, from different organizations, disciplines, etc. Self-starter, ability to set priorities, work independently and attain goals AWS Certified (Associate or higher) Education/Certifications: Working experience with performance tuning and stress testing AWS DevOps engineering experience in creating ops scripts and infrastructure maintenance