Software Engineer III - Back EndJob number: 777This is a remote position.The
Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.
Primary ResponsibilitiesSoftware Engineer III - Back End serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in software engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Software Engineer III - Back End include:
- Develop, test, and deploy server-side components, API services, and data integration logic within a cloud-native, microservice-based architecture
- Write and maintain unit and integration tests, contributing to 90%+ automated test coverage targets for all new and modified code
- Participate in mandatory peer code review; no self-approved merges; four-eyes principle enforced on all commits
- Contribute to CI/CD pipeline hygiene, including SonarQube quality gate compliance and resolving security findings in-sprint rather than deferring them
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, QA, and accessibility specialists to deliver end-to-end features from story refinement through production deployment
- Participate in SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives
- Support on-call and triage rotations, gaining cross-system diagnostic exposure
- Author and maintain technical documentation, ADRs, and runbooks as part of the Definition of Done
- Mentor junior developers and support recruiting through technical evaluations
Basic Qualifications- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of engineering experience; relevant experience may substitute for education
- Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
- Proficiency in Python and/or Java for server-side development
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs, including versioned OpenAPI specifications
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and non-relational/search platforms (Elasticsearch)
- Familiarity with containerized deployments using Docker and AWS services (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Experience working in agile environments with CI/CD pipelines and version control via Git/GitLab
- Practice writing automated tests (JUnit, Pytest, or equivalent) and working within quality gate frameworks like SonarQube
- Strong written communication skills for developer-facing documentation
Preferred Qualifications- Prior experience with federal agency digital services or government contracting environments
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures using AWS SNS/SQS and Lambda/Step Functions
- Experience with SAFe or scaled Agile delivery frameworks
- Exposure to consumer-driven contract testing (Pact) or API contract governance across microservices
- Experience with third-party integrations such as Pay.gov, login.gov, or identity/authentication platforms
- Terraform or infrastructure-as-code experience
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join
Benefits:- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $100,000 - $105,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
