NHLBI BioData Catalyst Senior Full Stack Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Building Architecture, Design, Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer to support the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) custom software portfolio. The Full Stack Engineer will deliver innovative solutions for improving the effectiveness, reach, and content of these existing software solutions, while reducing their technical debt.

This role requires an understanding of how to improve existing code bases; while ensuring they continue to deliver value to organizations, as well as creating new code bases. The Full Stack Engineer Senior will have a strong understanding of industry trends and using Agile methodologies for development and deployment processes and can propose and advocate for improvements to the codebase.  You will provide team and developer guidance to improve overall productivity.

HOW A SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life cycle, with an emphasis on design and development.  Systems may include scientific applications that search for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Contributing to all parts of the application and testing stack.

• Working collaboratively with the team to best realize system requirements, and when appropriate, providing custom implementations to create a compelling experience for system users.

• Facilitating and explaining high-leverage decisions about architecture and software development.

• Supporting a development team’s activities for writing clean, maintainable, testable, and extensible code.

• Contributing to all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing)

• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives.

• Managing code and other artifacts using GitHub.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Engineering/Engineering Technology or related field.

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience using Java, JavaScript, and SQL.

• Experience with Material UI/React.

• Experience with Jenkins or GitHub Actions (CI/CD).

• Experience working with and improving existing code bases.

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

• Experience leveraging Azure cloud services and with Azure DB as a service (Cosmos, SQL Server).

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus

• Experience developing scientific systems that search for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and JUnit.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match. 

• Customizable health benefits packages. 

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. 

• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you. 

• Full-flex work week. 

The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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