Senior Software Developer

Job Information

Job order
: J – Permanent Full Time

Title
:
Senior Software Developer

Category
:
Software Development/Engineering

Location
:
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States (hybrid model available)

CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative senior software developer to join a high‑performing Agile team in designing and building modern, services‑based web applications for a large government agency. Our team uses a modern development stack and a variety of open‑source technologies. You will help modernize a cloud‑based system, grow your leadership and technical skills with in‑demand technologies in a fast‑paced environment, and deliver quality software alongside a passionate customer.

• Collaborate with the team in an Agile setting to research best practices, design and develop application architecture, implement solutions, mentor fellow team members, and test and deploy solutions.
• Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, and product managers to understand problem statement, functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Participate in daily Scrum ceremonies and conduct sprint demos for stakeholders.
• Participate in all phases of an Agile software development lifecycle, including application design, requirements gathering, estimation, code authoring, code reviews, and testing.
• Author and review web application code using AI paired programming techniques.
• Participate in daily team discussions and code collaboration to promote continuous progress.
• Participate in client, industry, and end‑user discussions to provide a technical viewpoint on the application.
• Participate in technical design sessions to create sustainable, high‑performing features and provide accurate estimates and development timelines.
• Continuously improve existing development tools and technologies.
• Author automated testing scripts for the application.
• Augment and improve system architecture.
• Gain a general understanding of database design and optimize application access to backend data.

• Minimum of 7+ years of hands‑on experience with core Java (frontend and backend) development, JEE, design patterns, and related frameworks.
• Experience with Spring‑Boot and Microservices.
• Experience with AI paired programming tooling.
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies.
• Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD) and Paired Programming.
• Experience in API development and application security best practices (OAuth, TLS, PKI, etc.).
• Experience working with Apache Kafka messaging software and PostgreSQL RDBMS.
• Proactive, detail‑oriented, and self‑motivated professional who can hit the ground running.
• Demonstrated technical leadership skills with a passion to explore emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, ability to innovate, and a can‑do attitude.
• Quick learner with the ability to multi‑task, work under pressure, and manage tight deadlines.
• Detail‑oriented individual with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and partner across a complex organization.
• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status‑quo, and seek out answers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline.

• Java / JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring‑REST JAX‑RSC, Web Services, Security, Controllers/Service, Spring Data ORM (Hibernate/JPA
  2), JSON.
• AWS Serverless Services – SQS, SNS, SES, Step Functions, Lambda.
• AWS Analytics – Glue, Redshift, EMR, Open Search, Athena, Sage Maker, Quick Sight.
• Event Streaming – Kafka.
• Web Server – Apache, Application Server – JBoss EAP.
• Open Source Frameworks – various, including commons‑*, ehcache, velocity, aopalliance, mail, swagger, etc.
• User authentication and authorization – Forge Rock’s OpenAM, Secure Auth and Okta.
• UI/UX – Angular, Bootstrap.
• Databases – AWS RDS for Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Log Management – Datadog.
• Alerts and Monitoring – Datadog, Google Analytics, New Relic.
• CI/CD – Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Nexus, Selenium.
• Load Testing – JMeter.
• Code Management – Git, Git Hub tools, JIRA, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Source…