Sr. Software Engineer (Clearance Required)

Eleven Peppers Studios LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Great benefits

Career opportunities

Job summary

A woman-owned creative services agency in Springfield, VA is looking for a passionate software engineer. You will define best practices, develop user-friendly interfaces, and engage with customers to understand their needs. Ideal candidates should have over 12 years of experience, a degree in a relevant field, and be excellent communicators capable of mentoring others. The agency offers competitive pay and a great working culture.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in software engineering.
• Ability to troubleshoot and provide solutions for software and web problems.
• Passion for creating innovative web applications.

Responsibilities

• Define front end development standards and best practices.
• Interact with customers to gather requirements.
• Design and develop user-friendly interfaces.

Skills

Troubleshooting software and web problems

Excellent communication

Mentoring capability

Team collaboration

Creating innovative web applications

Education

Degree in relevant field (can reduce experience requirement)

Tools

Java

XML

Job description

As a software engineer, you ask yourself, “What’s the best way to make this work?” Stack Overflow, API Documentation, and Google are some of your BFFs, and thoughts of introducing bugs gives you nightmares. You are a fantastic teammate and an even better employee. Keyboard shortcuts are second nature. Your sense of big picture views and small detail focus are enviable. You see impossible requests as a challenge, not as a wall. You’re bright, passionate, and driven. You can work well with others and work efficiently when accomplishing independent tasks.

The Fun Stuff

• Define, document, and communicate front end development standards, best practices, code review processes, and build websites and tools.
• Interact with customers and development team to gather and define requirements.
• Analyze user needs to determine the most effective solutions.
• Design and develop visually pleasing, content-rich, user-friendly interfaces and intuitive navigation.
• Immerse yourself in modern best practices, including code reviews, continuous integration and deployment, and iterative development.
• Review, maintain, and improve user-facing code.

The Necessities

• You have 12 years of experience (degree(s) may reduce years req.).
• You have the ability to troubleshoot software and web problems and provide solutions to overcome those problems.
• You can test, maintain, and support high-performance, innovative software solutions.
• You have a passion for creating innovative web applications.
• You are an excellent communicator, mentor, and team player that works both independently and in collaboration with others.
• TS/SCI, CI poly will be required

The Nice to Haves:

• Experience with Federal government client
• Experience with Java, XML

The Place to Be

Work location is on-site in Springfield, VA.

Salary Details

Salary range provided during the selection process. Exact pay will be determined based on individual factors that may include years of experience, contract requirements, billable vs. non-billable, position urgency/demand, and location/telework options.

The Peppers

Eleven Peppers is awoman-owned small businessthat providesthe full range ofcreative services togovernmentand commercialclients. We love to solve theNation’s hardest problems throughinnovative approaches indesign, strategy,and engineering.Our incredibly talented teamincludessome of the smartest in theindustry, but more importantly,we’re also really nice to work with. Top that off with great benefits, competitive pay,and an immersive creative culturewith tons of career opportunities. Join us!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, or any other factor.

Please reference the position in the subject line. For design positions, a portfolio is required (URL preferred). We look forward to hearing from you!

If you think you would be a great fit for our pepper family, but don’t see an open position that seems like the right fit, send your resume to [e-mail] and tell us why you’re awesome.