Lead Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack (Library of Congress)

Job Description

Lead Senior Software Engineer Full Stack Library of CongressLocation Remote Must support core business hours 830 AM 530 PM ET Position Type Full Time Key Personnel ClearanceEligibility Public Trust CUI Moderate No active security clearance required; must complete Library of Congress IT security training and NDA About Ad Hoc Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable impactful digital services Using modern agile methods our team creates products that meet peoples needs and transform their experience of government Work on Things That Matter Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public sector service delivery Weve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services help millions access affordable health care and support important programs like Head Start As we work with agencies to deliver critical services were also changing how the government approaches technology Built for a Remote Life Our culture communications and tools are built for remote work enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide At Ad Hoc remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers Committed to High Expectations and a Welcoming Culture Ad Hoc values acceptance accountability and humility We arent heroes We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time We build small inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works About the Business Unit Federal Civilian The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal commercial and nonprofit space Our customers include NASA the General Services Administration Office of Personnel Management the Library of Congress Health \& Human Services and the FDIC We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities deliver products establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision making modernize legacy systems and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact Role OverviewAd Hoc is seeking a Lead Senior Software Engineer Full Stack to serve as Key Personnel and the technical lead on an engineering team In this role you will lead the design and development of the first production content exchange bridge connecting the Library of Congress Enterprise Copyright System ECS and Digital Library Services DLS applications This is a hands on technical leadership position with an 8020 split between writing production code and carrying architecture decisions mentoring engineers and steering technical strategy You will solve critical coordination and technical integration challenges across complex multi system environments under separate administrative and contract boundaries Primary ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership \& Architecture Serve as the primary technical lead for a 3 5 person engineering team Author Architecture Decision Records ADRs set coding standards conduct peer code reviews and establish quality gates with minimal oversight System Integration \& API Engineering Design build and own integration layers and versioned API client contracts that bridge enterprise systems with differing data models release cadences and governance structures Decouple consumer pipelines from upstream schema evolution Full Stack Development Write robust production code across a mixed Python Django and Java codebase to manage digital content workflows and collection functions Event Driven \& Cloud Pipelines Build and optimize scalable event driven processing pipelines utilizing AWS services ECS Fargate Lambda S3 RDS SNSSQS and manage infrastructure via Terraform CICD \& Storage Architecture Maintain and modernize CICD pipelines using Jenkins and SonarQube Implement and manage Content Addressable Storage architectures eg OCFL Fedora S3 content hash keying with fixity verification Search \& Indexing Develop and maintain search indexing for content discovery and metadata querying using Solr andor Elasticsearch Agile Delivery Partner with government Product Owners and stakeholders in a federal AgileSCRUM environment Lead story point estimation sprint planning backlog grooming and retrospectives Basic QualificationsTo be considered for this Key Personnel position candidates must meet all of the following requirements Experience Minimum 5 years of hands on experience in information system design complex software development and application programming on large scale database management systems Python Django Production application development experience using Python specifically with the Django framework Java Demonstrated application development experience in Java within a mixed PythonJava architecture Cloud Infrastructure \& IaC Hands on experience with AWS ECS Fargate Lambda S3 RDS SNSSQS at minimum and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code CICD Engineering Hands on experience building and maintaining automated CICD pipelines using Jenkins and security scanning tools like SonarQube Content Addressable Storage Demonstrated experience with Content Addressable Storage architectures eg hash based addressing immutable object stores fixity verification using Fedora Repository OCFL S3 content hash keying or Git object storage Search \& Indexing Production experience with Solr andor Elasticsearch for content discovery and metadata querying Frontend Engineering Production experience with HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript Microservices \& APIs Experience designing microservices architectures with versioned API client contracts backward compatibility and graceful degradation AgileSCRUM Practiced AgileSCRUM in a federal delivery environment including estimation sprint planning and backlog grooming Operations \& Logistics Ability to support core business hours 830 AM 530 PM ET MondayFriday Ability to complete Library of Congress IT security training and NDA prior to system access Preferred Qualifications Strong DifferentiatorsWhile not strictly mandatory candidates possessing the following will be prioritized Prior delivery on Library of Congress contracts under Library SDLC standards Experience with digital preservation concepts and standards OAIS PREMIS METS Experience building or operating pipelines for malware scanning fixity validation MD5SHA 256 checksums or format characterization TIKA JHOVE2 DROID Siegfried Modern Frontend Frameworks Experience with TypeScript ReactJS or Angular CICD Tooling Modernization Experience modernizing or migrating pipeline tooling eg Jenkins to GitLab CICD Benefits \& CompensationTo learn more about working at Ad Hoc please visit httpsadhocteamusjoin Company subsidized health dental and vision insurance Flexible PTO 401k with employer match Paid parental leave after one year of service Employee Assistance Program In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay candidates who join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities outlined above Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including skill set level of experience and responsibility Starting Pay Range 130000 142000 Adjusted based on candidate experience and project requirements Equal Opportunity Employer Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion age pregnancy disability work related injury covered veteran status political ideology marital status or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply