Senior Software Developer - Backend

Role Description

Trilogy Innovations is seeking experienced Senior Software Developers to join our team in support of a high-impact federal modernization initiative. This is a fully remote opportunity to work on large-scale, mission-critical IT systems that serve real users at a national level.

You’ll collaborate with a talented, distributed engineering team and play a key role in shaping the future of complex government technology environments. If you enjoy solving challenging technical problems, contributing to long-term transformation efforts, and working in a fast-growing organization, this role offers both stability and meaningful impact.

On-Call Expectations

• Acknowledge on-call contacts (phone, text, or email) within 15 minutes.
• Remain within reasonable access to your secure work laptop while on call.
• Log in and begin assessing or troubleshooting requests within 60 minutes of notification.

What you will do:

• Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.
• Migrate and modernize all current-system functionality from legacy mainframe systems into cloud-native microservices operating within AWS GovCloud.
• Participate in the operation and support of an enterprise-scale production system, including identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving system issues in collaboration with the ART.
• Analyze user needs and develop software solutions.
• Analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.
• Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 8 years of work experience or associate's degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience.
• Active Tier 3 Secret clearance.
• Experience working within an Agile framework, actively contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and Cl/CD Pipeline.
• 5+ years' experience with Java Object-Oriented Programming.
• 5+ years' experience with Kubernetes and containers; automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native architecture within secure, regulated environments.
• Experience designing and supporting event-driven architectures with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with three or more of the following:
• Apache Kafka
• Pub/Sub (Publish, subscribe)
• Streaming
• Event sources
• Running GitOps (GitLab, Git, Bitbucket, ArgoCD, Tecton, etc.) within version control tools.
• Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) for version control management.
• Ability for on-call support. These positions can expect to be on the on-call list one (1) week out of every four (4) weeks.
• Proficiency with Java Object-Oriented Programming.
• Experience with Cloud-native architecture.
• Event-driven architecture; streaming (preferred).
• Experience with Kubernetes; automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Experience running GitOps (GitLab, Bitbucket, ArgoCD, Tecton, etc.).
• Experience with large scale systems.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Apache Kafka.
• Pub/Sub (Publish, subscribe).
• Streaming experience.
• Event sourcing.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) is a plus.

Work environment:

• Remote with occasional travel as required.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Salary range: $140,000 - $144,000.
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Performance bonus eligibility.
• 401k with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Professional development programs.
• Employee referral bonus program.