Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Washington, DC, 20005

Salary/Payrate: $155-$165K, bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: Hybrid, 2 days WFH

Term: Permanent 

Bachelor’s degree required: Preferred

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

Job Description:

Senior Software Developer who designs and delivers distributed systems. Drives architecture decisions, builds cloud-native applications, and improves legacy platforms. Focuses on performance, reliability, and automated testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, distributed applications across frontend and backend
• Translate product and business requirements into system architecture and technical designs
• Build and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs and service integrations
• Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and database interactions
• Write production-grade code with strong unit and integration test coverage
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and release workflows
• Modernize legacy systems using AWS services and serverless architectures
• Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and secure design practices
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across application, database, and infrastructure layers
• Monitor system performance and drive improvements in latency, throughput, and reliability

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience
• Strong frontend expertise in JavaScript, React, Next.js, and TypeScript
• Backend development experience with Python
• Deep experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, AppSync, DynamoDB, RDS, and CloudFormation
• Experience designing and building REST and GraphQL APIs
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and infrastructure as code
• Experience with automated testing frameworks, performance tuning, and highly available system design

An ideal candidate will have the following qualifications: clear communication across technical and business audiences, strong presentation skills, a self-driven approach to learning and knowledge sharing, data-driven problem solving, and experience mentoring junior team members.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience building and testing SOAP and REST APIs, including authentication and SSL/X.509
• Strong SQL skills, including PL/SQL and stored procedure development
• Experience with Oracle 11g/12c databases
• Familiarity with NoSQL or other non-relational databases