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# Senior Application Developer

- **Company:** BLN24
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Computing Platforms, Unit Testing, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Performance Tuning, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Data Logging, GitHub Copilot, Grafana, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Functional Programming, Restful APIs, GPT, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/c0d3d0c2-b651-4975-bba7-25a81294cf95/senior-application-developer

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software development experience

 * Strong experience in system design, architecture, and scalable application development

 * Proven experience leading or mentoring development teams in Agile environments

 * Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, EKS, or equivalent cloud platforms)

 * Experience building and supporting microservices-based architectures and APIs

 * Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD, and version control (e.g., Git)

 * US. Citizenship Required

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Current or recent experience with NOAA/NWS systems or federal weather-related programs

 * Direct experience with AWIPS or similar large-scale environmental data processing systems strongly preferred

 * Experience supporting high-availability, real-time, or mission-critical systems in production environments

 * Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and cloud-native observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)

 * Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, automated testing frameworks)

 * Exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments and containerized workloads

 * Experience working in geographically distributed or 24/7 operational support environments

## Description

We are seeking Senior Application Developers to support the NOAA National Weather Service AWIPS program, a mission-critical system used nationwide to process and disseminate real-time weather data that protects life and property.

You will contribute to the development and enhancement of a large-scale, high-availability platform supporting 24/7/365 operations., * Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable, secure, and maintainable software applications supporting mission-critical weather systems

 * Support enhancements, modernization, and maintenance of the AWIPS baseline software platform

 * Collaborate with UX, DevSecOps, QA, and product teams in an Agile development environment

 * Develop and maintain scalable microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven services

 * Ensure code quality through unit testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering best practices

 * Support integration with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns (EC2, Lambda, S3, EKS)

 * Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and support automated deployment processes

 * Contribute to system performance tuning, monitoring, logging, and operational troubleshooting in a 24/7 environment

 * Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, software quality, and testing efficiency

 * Document technical designs, implementations, and operational procedures as needed