Senior Application Engineer

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is a rapidly growing government technology leader that puts service first, for its customers, its team and the communities it supports. We harness DevSecOps and Agile development processes to deliver exceptional results for digital transformations. With headquarters office in Tysons Corner, VA, Paradyme’s award-winning culture sets it apart through its team’s deep commitment to service and collaboration with its customers, each other and the community. Learn more at www.paradyme.us .

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is hiring a Senior Application Engineer.  

The Senior Application Engineer shall manage the development teams in the design, development, and deployment of software and application updates and new developments. The Senior Application Engineer is responsible for translating the needs of end users into technical requirements that the development team can then implement. Additionally, the Senior Application Engineer is expected to provide technical leadership to the development team that leads to successful project delivery.

The Senior Application Enginer will lead a team responsible for the following:

• Design, develop, enhance, debug, and implement software.
• Implementation and development of large multi-tier API / web services, data integrations and related web applications
• Advise customer on understanding of API / web service architectures and concerns - Microservices, SOA, security, high availability, load, performance, encryption etc…
• Troubleshoot production problems related to software applications.
• Research, test, build, and integrates enhancements or new products based on client requirements.
• Design and develop new major software products or major enhancements to existing software.
• Prepare and provide software-related documentation.
• Provide status reports for ongoing work.
• Coordinate and addresses problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms
• Consult with project teams and end users to identify application requirements.
• Assist in the evaluation and recommendation of application software packages, application integration and testing tools.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related discipline
• 8-10+ years’ experience in software development and applications programming
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies or best practices
• Proven experience leading a development team
• Knowledge of programming languages, Java, C#, VB, and/or Python programming languages
• Experience meeting with federal clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements

Desirable Qualifications:

• Certified Scrum practitioner (Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, or Certified Scrum Developer)
• Experience using and developing RESTful APIs using JSON, RSS, NewsML and other API formats.
• Experience using and developing SOAP Webservices APIs using XML formats.
• Experience with event-based and message-driven distributed systems
• Knowledge of data stores and related topics - NoSQL and RDBMS - 
• Experience with dependency management, build & release and automation tools 

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact HR@paradyme.us