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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer (Backend - **Company:** Nava Public Benefit Corp - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $127,800.0 - $135,900.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Information Engineering, Relational Databases, DevOps, Fault Tolerance, Hibernate (Java), Java Database Connectivity, PostgreSQL, User-Centered Design, Spring-boot, Backend, Restful APIs, Legacy Systems, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** September 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88137570/1 ## About the Role * At least 5 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale on Cloud platforms * Experience designing and implementing production-grade, cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and containerized deployment patterns * Experience with using relational databases, preferably Postgres, using JDBC and ORM mappers like Hibernate * Experience with DevOps, preferably with Jenkins CI/CD * Experience utilizing AWS cloud native services and data engineering * Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate on working code * Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented * Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term vs. long term benefits * An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise ## Description As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good. This role is open for multiple levels and titles. Final title/compensation will be determined by how your interview weighs against our core competencies during your interview cycle. Position summary You will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. You care deeply about working on technology that improves people's lives, but don't think technology is always the answer. You are passionate about building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and you'll help set high standards for our teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility. The Software Engineer role will be responsible for developing end to end systems for one of Nava's major government partners. The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need. This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy and planning through to post-production testing and support. What you'll do * Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software * Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems * Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs * Create tools and processes to automate our development, testing, and production workflows * Write and review technical documentation, performing code reviews * Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur * Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed, Please contact the recruiting team at recruiting@navapbc.com if you would like to request reasonable accommodation during the application or interviewing process. We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Nava is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, gender and/or gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, religious creed, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, reproductive health autonomy, pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, marital status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Nava prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all employees, applicants, contractors, and temporary workers of Nava. We care deeply about diversity and inclusion at Nava. 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