Mid SW Developer

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax

Position ID:J0826-1436

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, Mid level SW developer to join a high performing Agile team in designing and building modern, services based web applications for a large government agency. Our team is using a modern development stack and various additional open source technologies. You will have the opportunity to help build and modernize the system applications for cloud deployment. Grow your leadership and technical skills with in demand technologies in a fast paced environment as part of an exciting, positive team that moves quickly and delivers quality software alongside a passionate customer.
This position is located at our CGI Federal Fairfax, VA office, however a hybrid working model is acceptable.
The candidate's responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

. Collaborate with the team in an Agile setting to research best practices, design and develop microservice architectures, implement solutions, mentor fellow team members, and test and deploy solutions to AWS cloud environments
. As a software developer, you will contribute to the ongoing architecture and development of a modern cloud native applications built with technologies such as Angular and Java/Spring Boot.
. Write clean, well organized code following best practices while sharing knowledge with the team to grow collective skills in building robust full applications
. Participate in all phases of an Agile software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, estimation, coding, code reviews, and testing
. Author and review frontend code leveraging AI assisted paired programming techniques
. Deploy and manage applications on AWS using containerized environments and CI/CD pipelines
. Develop and consume RESTful APIs, gaining experience in API design patterns and microservice communication
. Build a solid understanding of data structures, problem solving, algorithm design, and data formats (JSON, YAML)
. Participate in daily standups, code collaboration sessions, and sprint ceremonies to promote continuous progress
. Engage in client and end user discussions to provide a technical perspective on application capabilities
. Participate in technical design sessions to create sustainable, high performing features with accurate estimates
. Author automated tests (unit, integration, and end to end) for both frontend and backend
. Continuously improve development tooling, processes, and system architecture
. Develop a strong understanding of database design, query optimization, and data access patterns with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
. Take direction from solution architects and technical leads on development activities while contributing technical insights and recommendations

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. 3-5+ years of hands on experience with modern coding languages and technologies (e.g. HTML, Angular, Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript)
. Solid understanding of design patterns and microservice architecture
. Positive, can do attitude with a desire to contribute to team success
. Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external stakeholders
. Ability to work independently and within a dynamic team, continuously delivering quality code for team review and product owner demonstration
. Eagerness to research, learn, and apply emerging technologies
. Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs in a microservices environment
. Ability to work independently and within a dynamic team, continuously delivering quality code
. Self starter who can quickly research, learn, and apply emerging technologies
. Strong consulting skills with ability to work effectively with various organizations in pursuit of problem solutions

Desired qualifications / non essential skills required:

. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred.
. Directly related experience in software development
. Exposure to modern development environment tools: Maven/Gradle, Git, IntelliJ/VS Code
. Proficiency with AI assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q)
. Basic understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud deployment (AWS)
. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
. Familiarity with AI assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, or similar)
. Backend Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA (Hibernate), REST API design, JSON
. Frontend Technologies: Angular (v14+), TypeScript, Angular Material or Bootstrap
. Databases: PostgreSQL, familiarity with database migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase)
. Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)
. Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar
. Authentication & Authorization: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC (e.g., Okta, AWS Cognito, Keycloak)
. Testing: JUnit, Mockito, or Cypress
. Event Driven Architecture: SQS/SNS, Kafka (exposure)
. Code Management: Git, GitHub, pull request workflows
. Collaboration Tools: JIRA, Confluence
. AWS & Cloud: Core services: ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, CloudWatch Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation or Terraform Serverless patterns and event driven architecture Analytics & data: AWS Glue, Databricks, Tableau, Sagemaker, Quicksight
. DevOps & Tooling: CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions Containers: Docker, Kubernetes Code quality: SonarQube, Nexus/Artifactory Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, CloudWatch, X Ray Code management: Git, GitHub
. Security: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, JWT based authentication Experience with identity providers (Okta, SecureAuth, or AWS Cognito)
. Other:

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well being programs
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Skills:

• Full Stack Development
• Full Stack Development
• Application Development
• AWS AI Services
• Generative AI