Senior Software Engineer
A1M Solutions
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About A1M A1M Solutions is a woman-owned small business driven by the aspiration to provide value to our customers, employees, partners, and community while remaining aligned to our guiding principles of foundational values, deliberate focus, and empathetic connection. A1M’s mission is to preserve and improve government healthcare programs that are lifelines for underserved people in the United States, including people in poverty, elderly people, members of ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and refugees. We look for projects with nation-wide impact at the intersection of policy, data, and user experience design. Besides building useful and usable digital services, A1M helps teams improve their agile, user-centered design practices – or helps them get started. Our goal is not just to build sustainable public services, but also to leave our teaming partners and customers more skilled and more confident in the future. Technology Delivery at A1M A1M Technology Delivery Practice staff meet client and user needs by planning, building, and maintaining solutions that involve programming and scripting. Our practice includes product managers, software engineers, and data analysts. We analyze government client challenges and identify how best to help the client meet their goals, which may involve custom code, low code, and no code approaches. Technology Delivery Practice staff work in cross-functional, cross-organizational teams with designers and policy subject matter experts. We approach challenges with flexibility, patience, thoughtful communication, and solid best practices in agile product management and development. We value high-trust teams. About this Role As an A1M Senior Software Engineer, you work with minimal guidance to design and implement complex, scalable systems. You collaborate with the team to break down ambiguous or complex goals into concrete, feasible steps that align with and inform wider system strategy. Senior engineers do not always have formal management or lead responsibilities, but an interest in teaching and coaching is essential. Skills and Responsibilities Technical capabilities Build and maintain complex, scalable systems across application and/or infrastructure layers, and multiple components or services, using languages and frameworks such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Django. Own components or services from development through deployment, monitoring, and production support Deploy and manage systems in cloud environments, including AWS services, using CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code where appropriate. Design, build, and integrate APIs and data flows, working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and cloud-based data services as needed. Shape system design and contribute to architectural decisions, including writing decision documents and creating diagrams Drive improvements in code quality, automated testing, linting, and development standards using appropriate tools and practices for the stack. Contribute to robust DevOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and incident response Mentor engineers, review code and technical designs, and contribute to team growth and technical direction Collaborate to break down ambiguous or complex goals into concrete, feasible steps Seek out and share new technologies and skills that support project goals Participate in discussions with internal and external stakeholders Universal Categories for all A1M Senior Practitioners Communication and collaboration Build connections and relationships between people, teams/projects, and A1M and clients in ways that prevent and break down silos, enabling new opportunities for improved delivery. Get buy-in from relevant parties (teammates, team leads, government stakeholders, etc.) to make sure necessary work happens. Proactively recognize risks and conflicts within the team and clients, help identify approaches, and take action – manage up (understanding timing,…