SparkCognition Government Services is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, build, deliver and support custom powerful AI/ML software solutions and connected services. You will work with product management and the delivery team to take the lead on operational and customer-facing technical projects. We are looking for someone who can come in and immediately make an impact helping design and code integration services, microservices and apis and provide hands-on mentorship of other software engineers in software best practices and architectural design as well as being able to communicate with customers effectively.
Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and develop high-quality services, microservices and apis to advance the platform functionality of our products as well as for customer engagements
• Provide leadership and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, requirements documentation and validation, application, api and services architecture.
• Contribute to all phases in the software lifecycle
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools, apis, services, and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Direct interface with SparkCognition clients via phone, web, or on site including best practices on usage of our APIs and technologies
• Drive development and implementation of our client's requests and customizations
• Develop and ship software supporting a highly available, fault tolerant SaaS application
• Develop scalable solutions using distributed computing techniques
• Converse with customers regarding feedback, progress, and project requirements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer.
• 3+ years of Python, C# and/or Java
• A passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Familiarity with microservice architectures and API design
• In-depth knowledge of both relational (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Familiarity with various operating systems (Linux, Mac OS, Windows)
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• BS/BA in Computer Science or a related degree