What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

• Write and review code, ensuring high standards of quality, maintainability, and test coverage
• Solve problems across the tech stack alongside other engineers on the team, building new systems and improving existing ones
• Lead other developers through ideation and articulation of solutions with an eye toward integration and reducing burden and tech debt
• Mentor junior engineers on programming and product development best practices 
• Consistently apply best practices, including a focus on accessibility
• Collaborate with team members and government/client stakeholders to craft creative solutions and build technology products that improve the lives of those in the communities they serve
• Engage with coworkers across disciplines according to Agile and Scrum methodologies, including participating in planning, breaking down requirements into tasks, refinement and estimation, etc.
• Articulate benefits and risks associated with different technical approaches

Who You Are

• Analytical: You possess analytical skills and an ability to create systems
• Thoughtful: You anticipate what could go wrong and work to thoughtfully mitigate risks 
• Organized: You prioritize project work, complete tasks on time, and document processes for sharing with others
• Cooperative: You work collaboratively with peers and coordinate across different teams, departments, and areas of expertise with ease
• Communicative: You express ideas and create personal relationships through written and verbal mediums, customizing the delivery to the audience
• Nimble: You calmly navigate ambiguity, changing priorities, and unexpected challenges
• Independent: You work in a fairly self-directed manner, without need for supervision or direction
• Inquisitive: You love to learn from others and share knowledge
• Aligned: You are professional and sincere, and model Coforma’s values: Collaborative, Accessible, Empowered, Informed, Ethical & Responsible, Transparent

What You Know (Requirements)

• Open-source programming languages, like JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Java, etc.
• Frameworks, libraries, or runtimes, like React, Rails, Node, Next, Angular, Spring, etc.
• Testing frameworks like Jest, Testing Library, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress, etc.
• How to leverage the command line via shell scripting
• APIs and databases of various types, like SQL, Dynamo, Mongo, Postgres, etc.
• Infrastructure tools like Terraform, Serverless, Amazon CDK, etc.
• CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Circle, etc.
• Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, etc.
• Observability and monitoring tools like Datadog, Splunk, SonarQube, NewRelic, Nessus, etc.
• Security best practices like vulnerability scanning and remediation, threat modeling and detection, and static and dynamic testing
• How to deliver polished, scalable, maintainable, performant code 
• How to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Agile and Scrum development methodologies

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years of experience building applications with open-source programming languages
• 5+ years of experience working with modern frameworks, libraries, or runtimes
• 5+ years of experience working with APIs and databases of various types
• 5+ years of experience working with infrastructure tools and IAC
• 5+ years of experience working with CI/CD and pipeline tools
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud platforms
• 5+ years of experience with observability and monitoring tools
• 5+ years of experience supporting and implementing security best practices 
• Experience developing software in a remote environment 
• Experience in digital services, government, or federal consulting

Other

• Internet: Will prioritize and maintain access to strong, reliable internet for the remote nature of our work, except when on vacation or holiday
• Security: Will keep the highest security practices to ensure privacy and security of Coforma and client information given the nature of our work, even when on vacation
• Travel Flexibility: On request and with advanced notice, will attend in-person events such as meetings, workshops, and trainings as assigned for projects that require it (up to 10-15%, with health and safety precautions being paramount)
• Brand Representation: Will represent Coforma professionally and sincerely, modeling our Company Values in all interactions

We Don’t Care About

• Whether or not you have a degree of any kind
• Whether your educational major, if you had one, is related to this role
• Whether or not you have GitHub contributions
• Whether or not you have worked at a well-recognized company
• Whether or not you check every single box perfectly

We Do Care About

• Your passions, professional or otherwise
• Your well-informed opinions about technology, teams, and process
• You