Software Engineer (Backend-Java)

Location: Fully remote within the contiguous United States, only from Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, or Wisconsin.

Salary: Not specified.

Company

hirify.global is a consultancy and public benefit corporation that modernizes government services through human-centered design, secure cloud infrastructure, and modern engineering practices.

What you will do

• Design, review, build, and deploy scalable software and improvements to legacy government systems.
• Collaborate with hirify.global engineers, government partners, and contractors on architecture and implementation.
• Develop and ship features in an agile, user-focused environment.
• Create automation for development, testing, and production workflows.
• Write technical documentation, conduct code reviews, and participate in hiring activities as needed.
• Participate in on-call support, production troubleshooting, and post-production activities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams, preferably designing and building medium- to large-scale systems 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 relational databases, preferably Postgres, using JDBC and ORM mappers such as Hibernate.
• Experience with DevOps, preferably Jenkins CI/CD, and AWS cloud-native services.
• Strong problem-solving ability, tenacity, resourcefulness, reliability, and attention to detail.
• Ability to evaluate strategic trade-offs and short-term versus long-term benefits.
• Adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States and ability to meet government-contract requirements.
• Must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future; government background check or security clearance may be required.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with flexible scheduling.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and accidental death insurance coverage.
• Paid vacation, federal and floating holidays, parental leave, and wellness support.
• Annual performance bonus, 401(k) match of 4% of salary, and commuter benefits where applicable.
• Company laptop, home-office setup assistance, and monthly eligible utility reimbursement.
• Learning and development resources, including LinkedIn Learning and an annual allowance for courses, tuition, and certifications.