Senior Developer (Hybrid)

• Lead a small collaborative development team supporting the sustainment and continuous enhancement of a mission-critical Enterprise Support Services application that enables a key operation.
• Serve as a senior technical point of contact between the development team and the customer helping translate customer needs into clear actionable technical requirements and solutions.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand business needs communicate technical approaches refine requirements and build alignment and buy-in for proposed solutions.
• Build intuitive responsive web interfaces backed by robust data retrieval and storage capabilities.
• Apply hands-on expertise with modern Python frameworks such as Django FastAPI or Flask to deliver scalable secure and performant applications.
• Apply hands-on expertise with modern JavaScript and front-end frameworks specifically and to deliver high-quality user interfaces and dynamic client-side application features.
• Integrate backend services through RESTful APIs to support seamless data flow and reliable application functionality.
• Leverage full-stack development skills across Python backend services and modern JavaScript front-end architectures to deliver scalable end-to-end solutions.
• Demonstrate strong experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS) with primary expertise in PostgreSQL and secondary experience with Oracle and SQL Server.
• Translate complex business requirements into effective enhancements within existing database structures and application logic.
• Support and execute application upgrades while implementing code enhancements that improve performance maintainability and long-term sustainability.
• Develop efficient data retrieval solutions that power user-friendly displays and dynamic application views.
• Diagnose troubleshoot and resolve application defects to help maintain system stability and a positive user experience.
• Design build and deploy Dock containerized applications to Linux servers.
• Conduct thorough unit testing to validate software reliability performance and feature accuracy.
• Collaborate within Git/GitLab workflows and contribute to CI/CD pipelines that enable smooth automated delivery of application updates.
• Bring a proactive ownership-oriented approach to problem-solving provide technical leadership to the development teams and demonstrate a strong willingness to take on new challenges and learn emerging technologies.
• Actively contribute in an Agile environment by participating in sprint planning backlog grooming and iterative development cycles that deliver continuous value.

Desired Skills:

• Extensive experience in agile development including running sprint planning sessions managing sprint backlogs and delivering high-quality results on time.
• A background in developing enterprise-level applications with a focus on scalability security and performance
• Experience managing systems in a virtual hosting environment including AWS
• Familiarity with the CI/CD

Optimus Technology is a SDVO (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned) small business founded in 2010. We are known for our exceptionally talented group of Engineers and Technical experts with superior knowledge and experience in Cyber Technologies and the latest technology trends. Our dedication in pairing the right Optimus Technologist with the right customer solution is at the core of our Partnership commitment and critical to the performance and satisfaction of our employees the pinnacle of the Optimus culture.

Why us

We strive to provide the best well-rounded benefits package available.

• Premium health dental and vision package
• Company funded HRA
• 401k company contributions
• Employer paid group term life insurance policy
• Tuition assistance and career development
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Referral bonuses
• Company outings giveaways & more

Optimus practices a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to age gender race religion marital status national origin sexual orientation or any other non-merit based factor.