Senior Application Development Engineer

Compunnel, Inc.; Missouri; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Development Engineer to join their Elastic Web Services team. The successful candidate will design and develop enterprise-level software solutions, leveraging technologies such as Elastic Search, Go, Java, and AWS. Strong collaboration and development best practices are paramount in this remote, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in software development.
• Strong understanding of development best practices.
• Experience building applications from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable enterprise software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust applications.
• Participate in tier 3 application support and incident management.

Skills

Elastic Search DSL

Go

AWS

Kafka

MongoDB

API development

Containerization

GitOps workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Development Engineer (ADE) to join the Elastic Web Services (EWS) team.

This role focuses on designing and developing enterprise-level software solutions, with a strong emphasis on Elastic Search DSL, Go, and Java.

The ideal candidate will be a full-stack developer with experience building applications from the ground up, and a deep understanding of development best practices, cloud technologies, and distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable and stable enterprise software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, analysts, data stewards, and SMEs to deliver robust applications.
• Develop software modules including service interfaces, process flows, SOA components, business logic, UI/UX, and data access logic.
• Create and maintain technical design documents and update them as needed.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility and estimate effort.
• Identify architectural impacts and formulate scalable solutions.
• Participate in tier 3 application support, including incident management and upgrades.
• Promote development best practices and contribute to coding standards.
• Work in a fast-paced, remote, and collaborative environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 4–6 years of experience in software development.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Elastic Search Domain Specific Language (DSL) – most critical skill.
• Go – senior-level expertise required if Java is not primary.
• AWS – cloud development and deployment.
• Kafka – event-driven architecture.
• MongoDB or DocumentDB – for data storage and retrieval.
• Experience building applications from the ground up.
• Strong understanding of development best practices, API development, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise-level environments and tools such as TeamCity and Harness.
• Exposure to Elastic Web Services and tools like Provider Carrier Entity Search.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior engineers.