Software Engineer/Applications Programmer 2

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS200, T2, Band 5

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Due to contract requirements candidates must be U.S.

Citizens.

Applicants who are Green Card holders or who require sponsorship cannot be considered.

- Ability to successfully pass a government-sponsored Public Trust clearance process.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Equivalent practical experience may be considered in lieu of a degree on a year-for-year basis.

- 3+ years of professional experience.

- Translate design mockups into functional web components with logical state management.

- Design and implement RESTful APIs with secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.

- Perform advanced schema design including complex joins, indexing strategies, and database migrations.

- Integrate third-party services, APIs, and cloud-based AI platforms into a unified application architecture.

- Deploy and manage containerized applications utilizing containerization and orchestration platforms.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Strong understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., ReactJS, VueJS) for building dynamic user interfaces.

- Proficiency in writing clean, semantic HTML5 and responsive CSS3 for cross-browser compatibility.

- Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Python with Flask, Node.js with Express, Java with Spring Boot).

- Experience with relational database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and the ability to write efficient SQL queries.

- Competence in using Git for version control, including branching strategies and resolving merge conflicts (e.g., GitHub, GitLab).

- Experience working within Agile frameworks to meet milestones while balancing multiple project requirements.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Ability to translate design mockups into functional web components with logical state management (e.g., Redux, Pinia).

- Experience in optimizing frontend performance to ensure fast load times and smooth user interactions.

- Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs with secure authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., JWT, OAuth2).

- Ability to integrate third-party services and APIs into a unified application architecture.

- Competence in handling data serialization and parsing using common formats like JSON.

- Proficiency in using Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools (e.g., SQLAlchemy, Sequelize, Hibernate) to interact with databases programmatically.

- Ability to perform advanced schema design including complex joins, indexing strategies, and database migrations.

- Understanding of database normalization and maintaining data integrity across distributed systems.

- Practical understanding of cloud-based AI platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Vertex AI, Azure AI Services) to integrate AI capabilities into applications.

- Experience interacting with Large L...