We are looking for a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer to join our Entitlements Team and help design and build the applications and services that power the Leadership Connect platform.
This is a hands-on role for someone with strong software engineering fundamentals who enjoys solving product and technical problems across backend services, APIs, data, search, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
Our environment includes Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Python, AWS, Elasticsearch, and modern cloud-native technologies. We value deep expertise in at least one area, strong fundamentals, and the adaptability to become productive across technologies.
We also believe AI is changing how software is built. We are looking for engineers who use modern AI coding tools and agents to significantly increase productivity while maintaining strong engineering judgment and ownership.
Core Functions of the Role
Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain production applications and services.
Develop well-designed APIs and backend services using Kotlin/Java, Python, Spring Boot, and related technologies.
Work with relational and NoSQL databases, search technologies, and large datasets.
Contribute to distributed systems and microservice architectures running in AWS.
Participate throughout the development lifecycle: planning, design, estimation, implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
Use AI coding assistants and agents to accelerate research, planning, development, testing, debugging, refactoring, and documentation.
Critically review AI-generated implementations and remain accountable for quality, correctness, security, and maintainability.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to turn requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
Contribute to design discussions, code reviews, engineering standards, and development practices.
About You
2+ years of professional software development experience for mid-level candidates or 6+ years for senior-level candidates.
Strong computer science and software engineering fundamentals through a CS-related degree or equivalent professional experience.
Experience designing and building production web applications, APIs, or backend services.
Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, API design, relational databases, SQL, data modeling, and database design.
Strong proficiency in Kotlin/Java with Spring Boot or a comparable JVM framework, OR Python and its modern application ecosystem.
Willingness and ability to work across JVM and Python technologies as needed.
Experience writing maintainable, well-tested production software.
Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Experience with Git and modern collaborative development workflows.
AI-Augmented Software Development
- Use AI to understand unfamiliar codebases, research technologies, plan implementations, write and modify code, develop tests, debug problems, refactor systems, and automate repetitive work.
- Critically evaluate AI-generated solutions, recognize incorrect assumptions, validate implementations, and know when direct engineering investigation is the better approach.
- Experience with repository-level agent instructions, reusable agent workflows, MCP integrations, custom tooling, or agentic development processes is a plus.
Additional Experience We'd Value
- AWS
- Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code technologies
- Docker or other container technologies
- CI/CD pipelines
- Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Event-driven architectures
- Linux, command-line tooling, and Bash
- Large-scale or data-intensive applications
For Senior-Level Candidates
Strong system-design and architectural judgment.
Ownership of systems from design through production.
Ability to evaluate scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability, security, and cost tradeoffs.
Ability to diagnose complex problems across distributed systems.
Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical approaches.
Thoughtful code and design review skills.
Ability to mentor engineers and improve team effectiveness.
- Awesome Extended Health Care Plan
- Dental Care
- Life & Disability insurance
- Health spending accounts
- Unlimited Vacation Leave
- 12 Paid Holidays
- $3,000 Employee Referral Program
- Employer contribution to VRSP
- Rewards and recognition programs
Skills Required
- 2+ years of professional software development experience for mid-level candidates or 6+ years for senior-level candidates
- Computer science or related degree, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience designing and building production web applications, APIs, or backend services
- Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, API design, relational databases, SQL, data modeling, and database design
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin or Java with Spring Boot or a comparable JVM framework, or Python and its modern application ecosystem
- Willingness and ability to work across JVM and Python technologies
- Experience writing maintainable, well-tested production software
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Experience with Git and modern collaborative development workflows
- Experience using AI coding assistants or agents such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, or comparable tools
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code technologies
- Experience with Docker or other container technologies
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Experience with Linux, command-line tooling, and Bash
- Experience with large-scale or data-intensive applications
- For senior candidates: system-design and architectural judgment, production ownership, distributed-systems troubleshooting, design reviews, and mentoring experience
What We Do
Leadership Connect is a data-driven decision intelligence company focused on policy & procurement in the public sector. We combine deep research expertise and cutting-edge technology to help clients win business and influence policy across a wide range of specialties and verticals. We work with nearly every U.S. government agency, many S&P 500 companies, and leading organizations in media, consulting, law, banking, and the not-for-profit world. We help everyone from marketing and business development teams to senior leaders prep for important meetings, uncover existing relationships, and build new ones. Our clients trust their reputations to the quality of our data. With our proprietary 24-step information collection process that employs technology and human validation, we continuously identify the key decision makers and influencers you care about most and put them at your fingertips. Clients access Leadership Connect through the web, apps, and data integrations. Only in Leadership Connect: - Leadership Connect is the world's only service that connects bills to legislative staff. - Navigate complex government organizations: Federal, State & Local. - Stakeholder Mapping. See how your organization is connected to another. View a person’s strongest relationships, including family, former coworkers, and members of the same association, to get warm introductions
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