Evergreen: Associate Software Engineer

Pluribus Digital; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pluribus Digital is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to contribute to design, development, testing, and maintenance of software for public-sector customers.

You will work with engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver features with independence and collaborate in agile environments. A technical degree and 2+ years of experience are expected, with opportunities to grow in cloud-native environments and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Two or more years of software development experience.
• Experience building and maintaining software applications.
• Understanding of software engineering principles and development practices.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions that support customer and business objectives.
• Implement features and enhancements with limited supervision.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and technical issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing efforts.
• Participate in Agile planning, estimation, and delivery activities.
• Continuously improve technical skills and knowledge of modern development practices.

Skills

Software development

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Software engineering principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Job description

Join us and do work that matters: use your skills to improve how your government serves the public! Pluribus Digital partners with our government customers to design, develop, and deliver useful and impactful digital products. We are a hands-on digital services consultancy – part technologists, part change agents, and all heart. We employ modern best practices in all that we do as we work to solve problems in public health, financial industry regulation, granting citizenship and asylum, and identity and access management.

The Associate Software Engineer contributes to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software solutions while continuing to build technical expertise and professional experience. Engineers at this level are expected to work with increasing independence, own smaller features and enhancements, and actively participate in team collaboration and technical discussions.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions that support customer and business objectives.
• Implement features and enhancements with limited supervision.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and technical issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing efforts.
• Participate in Agile planning, estimation, and delivery activities.
• Continuously improve technical skills and knowledge of modern development practices.

What You Will Bring

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Two or more years of software development experience.
• Experience building and maintaining software applications.
• Understanding of software engineering principles and development practices.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-native technologies and modern development frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience supporting federal government programs.
• Relevant technical certifications.

Why Pluribus May Be a Fit For You

We are purpose driven. We support missions and products that serve the public good, and where our focused capabilities positively impact those mission outcomes. We bring a consultative approach to partner with our government customers and help them succeed as change makers.

Pluribus is a calm company. We are knowledge workers. People do their best work when they are not rushed by artificial urgency or drained by a culture of facetime and workaholism. By having confidence in our people, we can get more done at better quality. When real crunch time comes, we are not already stretched to the limit.

We are stronger because of the variety of skills and personal backgrounds of our team. We hold ourselves accountable with annual reporting on diversity statistics. As a woman owned and led company, diversity, equity, and inclusion is woven into all aspects of the organization.

• This is an evergreen posting that is not tied to active requisition. Responses to applications may be slower than usual.