Senior Developer Lead - Enterprise Web Apps & APIs

Optimus Technology, Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health package

HRA

401k company contributions

Life insurance

Tuition and career development

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Company outings

Job summary

Optimus Technology, Inc. seeks a senior software engineer to lead a small development team supporting a mission-critical Enterprise Support Services application.

You will translate customer needs into actionable technical requirements and guide effective technical solutions. You will work with Python frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask), RESTful APIs, and containerized Docker on Linux, with PostgreSQL as the primary database and Oracle/SQL Server as secondary options.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications with focus on security and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small development team supporting sustainment and continuous improvement of a mission-critical Enterprise Support Services application.
• Serve as senior technical liaison between the customer and development team to translate needs into actionable requirements and solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand business needs, refine requirements, and build alignment for proposed solutions.
• Build intuitive, responsive web interfaces backed by robust data retrieval and storage capabilities.
• Apply hands-on expertise with Python frameworks to deliver scalable, secure applications.
• Integrate backend services through RESTful APIs to support data flow and functionality.
• Work with PostgreSQL as primary database and Oracle/SQL Server as secondary databases.
• Translate complex business requirements into database structures and application logic.
• Support upgrades and enhancements to improve performance and maintainability.
• Develop efficient data retrieval powering dynamic views and user interfaces.
• Diagnose and resolve defects to maintain stability and user experience.
• Design, build, and deploy Docker containerised apps to Linux servers.
• Conduct unit testing to validate reliability and feature accuracy.
• Collaborate within GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated delivery.
• Demonstrate ownership mentality and willingness to learn emerging technologies.
• Contribute in an Agile environment with sprint planning and backlog grooming.

Skills

Agile development

Technical leadership

Customer requirements translation

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Python (Django)

Python (FastAPI)

Python (Flask)

RESTful APIs

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

Docker

Git/GitLab

Linux

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Optimus Technology, Inc. seeks a senior software engineer to lead a small development team supporting a mission-critical Enterprise Support Services application.

You will translate customer needs into actionable technical requirements and guide effective technical solutions. You will work with Python frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask), RESTful APIs, and containerized Docker on Linux, with PostgreSQL as the primary database and Oracle/SQL Server as secondary options.