About Volant Partners

Volant Partners provides business and engineering consulting services to companies across the United States. We thrive by solving complex problems with a focus on regulated industries. We best serve our customers by attracting and retaining the very best consultants. Consequently, we have structured ourselves as an employee-owned company. Volant Partners was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Job Description

Volant Partners, Inc is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to assist our clients with the development and deployment of their products. Responsibilities will vary by client project, but the selected candidate will design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software, implement and manage APIs, and troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software. In addition, responsibilities will include working closely with all members of the development team throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure smooth delivery according to project milestones. 

As subject matter experts, selected candidates will use their depth of full stack software development knowledge to perform these tasks and introduce best practices to our clients. Successful candidates will be self-starters that are comfortable in situations where success is dependent on quickly understanding client challenges and addressing them.

This individual must have excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and be able to communicate effectively with different engineering disciplines, project, and client leadership.

This position is a hybrid of remote (working from home) and on-site work so we are only seeking candidates in the greater Seattle area.

Typical Responsibilities

• Participate in designing software solutions to fulfill project requirements
• Confer with users to define requirements and resolve problems
• Design, implement, and optimize integration and deployment pipelines across multiple, tiered environments
• Perform software development, coding, testing, and review activities
• Implement and manage APIs, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance across systems
• Deploy applications and services leveraging cloud-native architectures for high availability and fault tolerance
• Oversee the entire application lifecycle, from initial design to deployment, optimization, and maintenance
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software, addressing complex technical issues as they arise
• Support design, estimation, and planning activities
• Champion software development best practices
• Enable the project team to produce a quality product
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to knowledge sharing
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating and adopting them as appropriate to meet business needs

Required Qualifications

• 6 years of full stack software development experience
• Excellent knowledge of front-end web programming, such as HTML, CSS, Node.js, TypeScript, Bootstrap, and React
• Excellent knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C#, Kotlin, Rust)
• A strong understanding of cloud architecture and DevOps practices to support the deployment and operation of software solutions
• Strong understanding and experience with containerization and orchestration systems (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with API development and integration
• Strong fundamentals in operating systems and network protocols
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira
• Demonstrated experience with industry standard software development best practices for Agile and Iterative SDLCs, development methodologies, implementation, and deployment activities
• Experience in everyday use of software version control systems (git)
• Experience in a continuous integration environment (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins)
• Standard knowledge of relational and schemaless databases
• Experience in working with managed requirements
• As a consultant, ability to effectively coordinate with client stakeholders and/or end users
• Fluent English in speech and writing (frequent communication with English-speaking clients).
• Must be a US Person - U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical course of study preferred
• Experience working in regulated industries such as defense, aerospace, health, or automotive
• Experience working in a consulting or engineering services company
• Experience with Cloud-native & hybrid cloud projects
• Experience with application, architectural, or database refactoring
• Experience leading other engineers

Volant Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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