Backend Developer

Job Description:

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) seeks a Backend Developer for the development of an Enterprise Land Management System (ELMS) intended streamline the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other processes of the land management planning cycle. The application is in active development.

Duties/ Responsibilities

• Work with Product Owners and Scrum team to effectively translate the business requirements and architectural designs into engineering components to produce defect-free, thoroughly tested enterprise application.
• Perform and lead the detailed technical design, coding, code review and testing of new enterprise application.
• Design and develop ELMS application backend API and integration components, including security.
• Migrate data fields from legacy applications into the enterprise application, replacing multiple legacy applications.
• Be an integral part of a scrum team participating in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, solution design, development, QA, and implementation.
• Provide expertise in application design to maximize performance including refactoring code and identifying simplifications to the design of the applications that could lead to reduced maintenance.
• Use Agency approved and specified GitHub repository to store source code, document code, release packages, and associated artifacts
• Write clean and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards

Required Skills

• At least 7 years of hands-on software industry experience
• Experience in building web services such as SOAP and REST
• Experience in building Web APIs
• Familiarity with Node.js and its core principles
• Ability to read/write SQL queries
• Experience with SQL Server
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript, UI frameworks, and SPA applications
• Strong experience with backend development
• Experience with Agile development
• Familiar with Git and GitHub (branching, merging, code review, pull request, etc.)
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills, including reading comprehension, writing correspondences, leading meetings with customers, and providing demos
  Education and Experience:

• 7+ years of development experience
• Bachelor of Science in IT, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (If no degree, then 11+ years of development experience is required) ; If candidate has a Masters Degree only 6 years of experience are required

Nice To Have:

• Experience in developing products/applications in Java, .NET, JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS ecosystem
• Experience with Azure managed services and CI/CD
• Proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Travel Requirement:

• Rare/unlikely

Clearance Requirement:

• Public Trust

Salary:

• $120k-$130k The salary range offered is an estimate made in good faith, intended to encompass various experience levels. Dynamo takes into consideration several factors when making an offer, including, but not limited to, the role, its functions and responsibilities, the candidate's work experience, location, educational background, and key skills.

Dynamo is a full lifecycle digital transformation company providing best-in-class technology and mission support services to our clients. An SBA 8(a) Program participant, Dynamo maintains SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program Joint Ventures, providing us significant scale and further deepening our capabilities. Dynamo’s mission is to lead the digital transformation industry and provide best-in-class solutions for our clients with a truly human touch. ​

We leverage industry leading practices to empower our clients, ultimately providing them with the necessary tools, knowledge, and information required to successfully achieve their strategic goals, while optimizing their operations. ​

Through our partnerships, boldness, and authenticity, Dynamo goes against the grain of a traditional government contracting company by providing top-caliber team members, delivering quality results, and always exceeding expectations.

Dynamo Technologies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.