Job Details

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Blue Tiger is looking for a full-time Software Engineer to join our talented team of technologists.

Mission impact

For this role, you will work with federal government employees, designers, and technologists to design and create digital content for public use and benefit.

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will work closely with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve clinical outcomes for Veterans by building applications on the VA's Clinical Decision Support (CDS) platform and integrate with varying electronic health record (EHR) systems.

About Blue Tiger

Blue Tiger is a people-first, design-forward digital consultancy. We design organizations, build software, and craft experiences for the American people. Youll be a key part of our small, but rapidly growing team of civic technologists excited about making an impact on how government serves the public through technology.

What youll do:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems
• Analyze a set of business requirements, break them into technical features and tasks and visualize how the different aspects of the system will come together through data structures, APIs, etc.
• Be a member of a cross-functional team with members including user experience professionals, product managers, engineers and other functional specialists
• Craft technical solutions across the entirety of a system, including UI development, API development and everything in between
• Adhere to lean-agile engineering principles
• Advocate for and use modern software engineering best practices such as API-first design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing
• Analyze systems to identify technical debt, instability, unreliability, and other opportunities for improvement, and design, document, and communicate solutions
• Represent Blue Tiger's culture of delivery when interacting with government stakeholders and other contractors

What were looking for:

• At least five years of experience working as a full-stack software engineer on products with significant data requirements
• Experience using various standards, languages, frameworks, techniques, and libraries such as HTML5, CSS3/Sass, Responsive Design, Python and related frameworks
• Proficiency and familiarity with cloud technologies and solutions
• Proficient in database design, implementation, and management.
• In-depth knowledge of how to deliver application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, and performant
• Expertise using version control systems such as GitHub
• Ability to author developer-friendly documentation such as API documentation and deployment operations
• Proven ability to apply good software engineering principles and practices
• Ability to select and use the best tools for the job, particularly open-source solutions
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
• Experience working within a scrum/agile development methodology and environment
• Willingness and ability to contribute written communication such as blog posts, white papers, case studies, or proposal efforts to help share insights about your work at Blue Tiger

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage all interested candidates to apply. If you have more experience beyond what is detailed here, wed be happy to take a look. If you meet most but not all of the requirements, we still want to hear from you!

The salary for this position is $120,000 - $150,000.

We focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

• 100% coverage of employee Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Automatic 401(k) contribution of 10% of your salary by the company, with no vesting period and no required individual contribution
• Paid time off, including 25 vacation days, 12 federal holidays, and unlimited sick leave
• Bonuses for annual performance, business development, company growth, and referrals
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Remote work environment

We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.