Mid-Level Back End Software Developer

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McLean, VA

Salary: $85,000.00–$95,000.00

Grid Networks, LLC is a world-class telecommunications consulting firm. We provide expertise in mobile telecom, IP infrastructure, 5G/4G/LTE/3G, and VSAT solutions. We support our clients with Customer & Marketing Strategies, Product Development and Innovation, Operations and Maintenance Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations, and Technology Services.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Mid-Level Back End Software Developer to join our Software Engineering team. As an individual contributor, you will design, develop, deploy, and maintain back-end services that power our innovative solutions. This is an in-office position and an excellent opportunity to contribute to solutions that power the next generation of telecommunications networks. Our ideal candidate will have 4–6 years of relevant experience.

• Design and maintain robust and scalable back-end services.
• Develop clean, well-documented, and testable code, adhering to industry best practices.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the evolution of our systems.
• Collaborate with other developers, product managers, and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Contribute to the automation of our infrastructure and deployments.
• Contribute to improving our engineering practices and standards.

• 4–6 years of professional software development experience.
• Expertise with library and web service APIs, including REST, gRPC.
• Expertise with message-bus architectures and message queue implementations.
• Proficiency in two or more of the following languages:
  Golang (Go), Python, PHP.
• Solid understanding of SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL).
• Experience working with microservice architectures.
• Familiarity with mobile telecommunications protocols including Diameter and SIP.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and virtualization (VMware).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Ansible).

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong time management abilities to meet project deadlines.
• Reliable and demonstrates a professional work ethic.
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn new technologies quickly.

• Experience with Agile/SCRUM development processes.
• Experience with Rabbit
  
  MQ or other message queue libraries.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and general cloud computing principles.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation).
• Experience implementing and maintaining ASN.
  1 encoding/decoding systems, with associated understanding of various encoding rules (BER, DER, and PER).
• Experience integrating ASN.
  1 schemas into backend services.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Contributions to open-source projects.

Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology

Industries:
Internet Publishing

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