Senior Integration Developer

About the Company & Team

Our employees thrive in a culture that's fast‑paced and ego‑free, where innovation and collaboration are encouraged at every turn. We are an organization that provides federal agencies instant access to experienced and talented professionals who understand their unique challenges and know the most efficient ways to address them. We are continually investing in resources and talent so we stay prepared with specialized teams in place who are experts in creating tailored technologies.

Our solutions empower Federal organizations to grow, modernize, and succeed in a rapidly evolving landscape.

We value all voices and want to attract talent from all backgrounds. We're on the lookout for individuals who are passionate about technology and thrive in environments where problem‑solving is approached with creativity and enthusiasm. If you're someone who enjoys continuously expanding your skill set while tackling real‑world business problems, you'll feel right at home with us. Veterans and military spouses are especially encouraged to bring your unique and valuable experience to our team.

We are seeking a Senior Integration Developer to serve as a technical anchor and architect‑level executor for our mission‑critical Scheduling Event Bus Platform supporting Telehealth, Scheduling, and Mobile Platform Services (TSMP). In this role, you will design, engineer, and optimize highly secure, fault‑tolerant event‑driven workflows that enable over 300 enterprise applications to create, route, synchronize, monitor, and manage appointment events. You will lead complex backend integrations utilizing enterprise Java architectures and Apache Kafka, mentoring developers, establishing technical specifications, and driving modernization efforts across AWS Gov Cloud containerized topologies (EKS).

• Architectural Design & Java Engineering:
  Architect, optimize, and oversee the execution of secure, high‑throughput event streaming topologies using Java and Apache Kafka to ensure real‑time synchronization and near‑zero service disruptions across the Scheduling Event Bus.
• Advanced Integration Engineering:
  Lead the structural development of complex data fabrics, microservices, message schemas (Avro/JSON), and intelligent event routing frameworks capable of supporting over 300 interconnected enterprise applications.
• Spec‑Driven Design Leadership:
  Own and validate the generation of comprehensive technical specifications that drive Spec‑Driven Workflows, ensuring precise code generation and accelerated, high‑quality development cycles via AI‑assisted engineering.
• Dev Sec Ops  & Platform Resiliency:
  Partner with Cloud and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to design robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC), supervise secure containerized infrastructure deployments (Kubernetes/EKS in AWS Gov Cloud), and implement advanced monitoring and automated circuit‑breaking patterns.
• Technical Governance & Mentorship:
  Enforce strict Java coding standards, security baselines, and data governance policies (HIPAA, NIST, Zero Trust) through structural code and architecture reviews. Mentor junior and mid‑level integration developers, fostering continuous technical upskilling.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (Master's preferred).
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise backend software engineering and integration architecture.
• Deep production‑grade expertise in Java development, JVM tuning, and enterprise Java design patterns.
• Advanced production‑grade expertise with Apache Kafka, including performance tuning, cluster configuration, partition strategies, and schema management.
• Proven experience developing cloud‑native microservices and workflows inside AWS, containerized orchestration systems (Kubernetes/EKS), and multi‑tier backend environments.
• Demonstrated experience working in a structured SAFe Agile or enterprise Product Line Management environment.
• Strong proficiency in building and maintaining enterprise‑scale REST/gRPC APIs, secure data fabrics, and relational/non‑relational database ecosystems.
• Outstanding…