Senior Java Engineer - Remote, Impactful GovTech

Ad Hoc LLC; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Job summary

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology company delivering scalable digital services for government. We seek a Senior Java Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver backend services and RESTful APIs that power mission-critical government programs.

The role supports remote work nationwide, emphasizes collaboration, quality, and mentorship, and involves working with AWS and containerized deployments in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of engineering experience
• Must pass a background investigation
• Proficiency in Java for server-side development
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs, including versioned OpenAPI specifications
• Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and non-relational/search platforms (Elasticsearch)
• Familiarity with containerized deployments using Docker and AWS services (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
• Experience working in agile environments with CI/CD pipelines and version control via Git/GitLab
• Practice writing automated tests (JUnit, Pytest, or equivalent) and working within quality gate frameworks like SonarQube
• Strong written communication skills for developer-facing documentation

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate technical expertise and ownership of contributions to the application codebase
• Coordinate integrations and dependencies across systems and ecosystems
• Design, develop, test, maintain, and improve high-quality software across front-end and/or back-end systems
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues and drive improvements
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers in developing technical skills
• Communicate technical concepts, risks, and developments clearly to team members and stakeholders
• Participate in technical interviews and help evaluate engineering candidates
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers within the team
• Lead small projects or technical initiatives as needed
• Develop and present design documents and system diagrams to clients and engineers

Skills

Java server-side

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Git/GitLab

JUnit/Pytest

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Docker

OpenAPI specifications

AWS (ECS/RDS/S3/Lambda/CloudWatch)

Git

JUnit/Pytest

Job description

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology company delivering scalable digital services for government. We seek a Senior Java Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver backend services and RESTful APIs that power mission-critical government programs.

The role supports remote work nationwide, emphasizes collaboration, quality, and mentorship, and involves working with AWS and containerized deployments in an agile environment.