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Python Engineer with AWS Experience

Python Engineer with AWS Experience

DocMe360Arlington, VA, US
2 days ago
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Job description

As a Software Engineer, you will work on a team to develop API endpoints and integrations for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This position requires a candidate with strong AWS and database skills and 5 years experience with Python.

This position is contract-to-hire. You must be a U.S. citizen who lives in the continental United States, and you must be able to qualify for a "public trust" security clearance.

In your first 3 months, you will…

  • Write code, develop tests, and debug in an agile environment
  • Attend daily scrums
  • Own research and trouble shooting for on-deck tickets from submission through close
  • Own documentation and playbook of changes / solutions implemented
  • Independently perform knowledge spikes
  • Contribute to dynamic engineering work driven by VA needs
  • Give input on high level architecture decisions, and communicate those decisions to other developers on the team
  • Attend and participate in video meetings with internal, partner, and client teams

In your first 6 months, you will…

  • Proactively build relationships with cross-department teams, partners, vendors, and clients
  • Make meaningful architectural choices based on careful evaluation and prior knowledge of solutions that work
  • Identify, test, and overcome challenges related to scaling platform ability to process and send millions of messages daily

    • In your first year, you will…

  • Contribute to building a communication system for a national notification platform that enables the VA to streamline various tools for different branches and divisions of the VA and standardize messaging across platforms

    • You will thrive in this role, if you have…

  • Significant professional experience working in Python and AWS
  • Experience working with Flask, FastAPI, ECS, Resilient Lambdas, Queue Management, and SNS
  • Worked on a complex, high-traffic site or platform, ideally with large amounts of data in agile environment
  • Familiarity with CSS, Datadog, BigQuery, and Docker
  • Are Humble, collaborative, experimental, and a self starter
  • Have bias for action and learning over perfection
  • Have excellent communication skills with an ability to explain ideas clearly, give and receive feedback, and work well with team members
  • Work well in a fast-paced development environment with testing, continuous integration, and multiple daily deploys
  • Take a logical approach to problem solving that combines analytical thinking and intuition

    • DocMe360 Values

  • Delivery - Deliver all efforts through a culture of honesty, transparency, unwavering integrity, and professional growth.
  • Optimism - Optimize and invest in professional growth, empowerment, and well-being.
  • Collaboration - Collaborate for impact; foster teamwork and shared expertise to achieve success.
  • Motivation - Motivate from within to naturally inspire and energize clients with passion and purpose.
  • Exploration - Explore opportunities for innovative technologies and trends that align with our mission and foster the highest quality of products and services.

    • Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship, and willing and able to obtain a federal "public trust" security clearance
  • Available during core hours of 10 : 00 AM to 4 : 00 PM EST
  • Preferable to have a GitHub (or similar public code repo) with Python code authored by the candidate
  • Bachelors Degree or higher in computer science or related field preferred
  • 5 years experience in back-end engineering

    • Benefits

    Salary range for this role is $99,000 - $145,000 and will be based on skills and experience.

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Training & Development
  • Work From Home
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