Electrify America · 2 days ago
Software Developer II/Backend
Reston, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expElectrify America is committed to revolutionizing the way people charge and is the country's largest open DC fast charging network. The Backend Developer II will support the development of back-end systems, create and manage APIs, and work closely with team members to develop innovative software solutions while optimizing applications for performance and efficiency.
AutomotiveCharging InfrastructureElectric VehicleEnergyEnergy Management
Hiring Manager
Maureen Brennan, CDR
Responsibilities
Develop and refactor high-quality reliable, secure, and performing code
Develop unit tests covering the entirety of the code base
Perform regular code reviews, identify improvements for readability, maintainability, security, performance and other aspects of code quality
Regularly participate in Agile rituals and assist in work sizing/estimation
Participate in the secure development lifecycle leveraging best development practices
Continuously evaluate current code base to identify risks and technical debt, implement improvements
Optimize Solutions for scalability, speed and resiliency
Create, test, enhance and manage APIs that work across devices, including with external partners
Meet regularly and work closely with internal and external developers (including front-end and UI/UX), project managers and Technology team members to develop modern innovative software solutions to address user needs and business goals with prioritizing overall quality and security
Support functional, performance, scalability, cybersecurity and other testing
Configure backend usability of frontend applications
Review and analyze and triage bugs/issues and create long-term solutions tacking into account module dependencies and operating constraints
Work alongside the DevOps team to use and evolve the CI/CD pipeline
Help build, maintain and improve upon a system architecture that supports frequent enhancements and updates
Continuously learn to stay ahead of the technology trends and innovate relentlessly
Develop and document technical designs and specifications associated with the software modules
Write and maintain technical documentation in Confluence or other tools
Attend and/or lead technical meetings with other Developers and Vendors
Mentor junior developers and promote robust architecture and best development practices
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software development experience
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field
Other degree/ certification with extensive proven backend stack developer experience
Computer literacy – set up and use software development tools, office software, productivity tools
Critical thinking and problem solving – planning and developing test plans and test cases, analyzing faults and troubleshooting software; developing new solutions to support efficiencies
Communication skills – interaction and collaboration within the development team, other teams, departments, and customers, excellent written and spoken communication, including presentation skills
Organization and task management – managing personal workload in alignment with goals and priorities; assisting the development team to self-organize and coordinate work; attention to details
2+ years of experience technical gathering requirements, designing and developing software solutions
5+ years of hands on experience as a backend software developer
Experience in all phases of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
Growth mindset; demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies or priorities and learn or pivot quickly
Curiosity to keep learning
Excellent teamwork and cross-functional team management skills
Ability to work closely with the Solutions Architect, Data Architect, DevOps Lead and cross teams
Strong proven experience and success record developing distributed and cloud-native SOA back end applications
Experience developing and managing APIs
Proficiency in backend coding/development using Java and working knowledge of Python, Javascript
Proficiency using no-sql databases such as MongoDB; experience using Postgres
Knowledge of backend frameworks, such as Spring Boot, Redis, and similar
Basic understanding of at least one front-end tech such as Java/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, to support efficiency and alignment with front-end developers
Knowledge of software design patterns and proven experience implementing software patterns in the application code
Strong experience debugging the code, using tracing, logging and profiling
Experience writing unit tests as part of an automated test harness
Working knowledge of cryptography, secure communications, secure software development practices
Knowledge of good coding practices and experience performing code reviews
Familiarity with Linux command line environment
Preferred
Experience with developing high-availability software
Experience developing highly scalable applications
Experience with PKI, TLS, X.509 certificates
Company
Electrify America
Electrify America provides a network of convenient fast-charging stations to power electric vehicles. It is a sub-organization of Volkswagen Group of America.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Electrify America has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (6)
2024 (7)
2023 (3)
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$450.74MKey Investors
PennDOTSiemens Financial Services
2023-08-15Grant· $0.74M
2022-06-28Corporate Round· $450M
Leadership Team
Robert Barrosa
President & CEO
Recent News
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