Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ad Hoc LLC is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. They are seeking a Software Engineer III - Back End to develop, test, and deploy server-side components and API services, while also mentoring junior developers and supporting software engineering processes.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and deploy server-side components, API services, and data integration logic within a cloud-native, microservice-based architecture
- Write and maintain unit and integration tests, contributing to 90%+ automated test coverage targets for all new and modified code
- Participate in mandatory peer code review; no self-approved merges; four-eyes principle enforced on all commits
- Contribute to CI/CD pipeline hygiene, including SonarQube quality gate compliance and resolving security findings in-sprint rather than deferring them
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, QA, and accessibility specialists to deliver end-to-end features from story refinement through production deployment
- Participate in SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives
- Support on-call and triage rotations, gaining cross-system diagnostic exposure
- Author and maintain technical documentation, ADRs, and runbooks as part of the Definition of Done
- Mentor junior developers and support recruiting through technical evaluations
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of engineering experience; relevant experience may substitute for education
- Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
- Proficiency in Python and/or Java for server-side development
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs, including versioned OpenAPI specifications
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and non-relational/search platforms (Elasticsearch)
- Familiarity with containerized deployments using Docker and AWS services (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Experience working in agile environments with CI/CD pipelines and version control via Git/GitLab
- Practice writing automated tests (JUnit, Pytest, or equivalent) and working within quality gate frameworks like SonarQube
- Strong written communication skills for developer-facing documentation
- Prior experience with federal agency digital services or government contracting environments
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures using AWS SNS/SQS and Lambda/Step Functions
- Experience with SAFe or scaled Agile delivery frameworks
- Exposure to consumer-driven contract testing (Pact) or API contract governance across microservices
- Experience with third-party integrations such as Pay.gov, login.gov, or identity/authentication platforms
- Terraform or infrastructure-as-code experience
Benefits
- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
Company Overview
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://adhoc.team/.