Staff Software Developer

UDR Consulting; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

UDR Consulting, INC is seeking a Staff Software Developer in Kansas City, MO to lead full stack initiatives, build data‑driven web applications, and guide engineering teams from concept to delivery.

The role requires strong programming across front-end and back-end, Palantir Foundry experience preferred, and excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree required in a technical field and 4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in user interviews to understand technical and customer needs.
• Develop front-end architecture based on Palantir Foundry.
• Design UI interactions within Palantir Foundry Workshop.
• Develop back-end logic using semantic object linking in Palantir Foundry tools.
• Create databases and datasets to support functionality.
• Ensure data pipeline health across various interfaces and protocols.
• Conform to security protocols and protect sensitive data.
• Build responsive web apps on low code/no code platforms.
• Optimize cross-platform performance for mobile access.
• Lead engineers to develop features on your projects.
• Stay current with web app and programming language developments.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / MIS / Engineering

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Front-end: HTML/CSS/JS

Python / PySpark / Java

SQL / NoSQL databases

Power BI / Jupyter / R Studio

Job description

UDR is seeking qualified candidates for a Staff Software Developer opportunity in Kansas City, MO.

Description

The growth and evolution of infrastructure demands coupled with a rapidly changing technological landscape presents significant opportunities to those companies that have the focus and foresight to solve some of society's most complex challenges. One area of focus for Burns & McDon is equipping our clients and workforce with superior data-driven decision-making capability. We have identified the need to establish a technology position focused on full stack software development.

The Full Stack Developer (see job description below) will be tasked with executing projects and leading engineering teams to tackle key data-driven technology initiatives.

We are looking for a highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back-end programming. Responsibilities include participating in user interviews, developing and designing front end web user interfaces from a composable architecture, integrating existing data sets and models, developing and maintaining semantically driven object ontologies, and ensuring the responsiveness of applications, among other duties.

This position will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

JOB DUTIES

• Participation in user interviews to understand technical and customer needs.
• Developing front end website architecture based on Palantir Foundry.
• Designing user interactions on web pages within Palantir Foundry Workshop.
• Developing back-end code logic that leverages semantic object linking (ontologies) within Palantir Foundry Pipeline Builder, Code Workbook, and Ontology Manager.
• Creating servers, databases, and datasets for functionality as needed.
• Ensuring health of data connections and pipelines (utilizing filesystem, JDBC, SFTP, and webhook).
• Ensuring conformance with security protocols and markings on sensitive data sets.
• Ensuring responsiveness of web applications developed on low code/no code solutions.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Seeing through projects from conception to finished product.
• Meeting both technical and customer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
• Lead other engineers to develop features on your projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering or related field and 4 years Required [SM1.1]
• Strong knowledge in programming languages and coding principles and procedures.
• Strong knowledge in web development framework.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Strong knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PPT).
• Ability to obtain applicable certifications. [SM2.1]
• Palantir Foundry experience preferred.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript preferred.
• Familiarity with JavaScript libraries such as Lodash, Math.js, Moment, Numeral, and es6-shim preferred
• Proficiency with server-side languages for structured data processing; Python, PySpark, Java, Apache Spark, and Spark SQL preferred.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, and others preferred.
• Familiarity with analytical tools for business intelligence and data science such as Power BI, Jupyter, and R Studio preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management skills preferred.
• Team leadership experience

UDR Consulting, INC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business. An Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities. UDR also supports a drug-free work environment.

UDR offers highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.