Lead Software Engineer Job at Eliassen Group in Washington

Description:

*This position is hybrid in Washington, DC*

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong architectural and development expertise to drive the design and implementation of enterprise integration, orchestration, and event-driven architecture solutions in AWS. This role extends beyond technical leadership, requiring the successful candidate to play a central role in requirement discovery and analysis, ensuring that business needs are accurately captured and translated into scalable solutions. The ideal candidate will demonstrate skill in managing stakeholder expectations, balancing priorities, and resolving challenges commonly encountered during technical discovery. Working closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and engineering teams, this role will deliver scalable, reliable, and future-ready integration platforms that support our mission to advance scientific knowledge.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. Rate: $120,000 - $140,000 / hr. w2

Responsibilities:Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirement discovery and analysis by engaging with business units and stakeholders to identify, clarify, and document integration and orchestration requirements.
• Design, implement, and govern enterprise integration and orchestration solutions ensuring seamless data and process flow between diverse systems.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of enterprise API management, ensuring consistency, scalability, and interoperability.
• Build integration and orchestration solutions using AWS services, and design monitoring solutions to track performance and provide insights.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, applying containerization strategies and security best practices.
• Drive collaboration with technical teams, ensuring alignment of work across multiple groups.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering best practices in integration, orchestration, and cloud engineering.

Experience Requirements:Key Technical Skills

• Enterprise integration patterns (e.g., publish/subscribe, event sourcing, saga)
• API design and governance (REST, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, SOAP, webhooks)
• AWS services (EKS, MWAA, EventBridge, Step Functions, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, Lambda, Glue, Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams)
• Java (primary language), Python (additional experience a plus)
• Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Amazon EKS)
• CI/CD and DevOps practices (GitHub, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Monitoring and observability (AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray)

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Problem-solving
• Leadership
• Stakeholder management

Education Requirements:Required Certifications/Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• AWS Certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Developer Associate, or Cloud Practitioner.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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