Software Engineer – Backend, Java

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💵 $127.8k - $135.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Nava

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Nava is a public-benefit technology company that designs, builds, and operates modern digital services and open-source software for federal, state, and local government agencies. Nava focuses on improving public benefit delivery—such as unemployment insurance, SNAP, Medicaid, grants, and veteran services—by creating human-centered, resilient systems that scale to millions of users and reduce manual work for government staff. The company also develops tools and pilots AI-enabled solutions to streamline verification and program administration while partnering with agencies to modernize legacy infrastructure and improve outcomes for beneficiaries.

📋 Description

• Work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for government partners • Design, implement, and deliver services used by millions of Americans • Develop end-to-end systems for a major government partner • Modernize a legacy enterprise platform to improve access to programs and services • Contribute from strategy and planning through post-production testing and support • Design, review, and build well-crafted software with Nava engineers • Collaborate with government partners and contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements • Work in an agile manner to ship features meeting user needs • Create tools and processes to automate development, testing, and production workflows • Write and review technical documentation and perform code reviews • Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues • Participate in hiring activities, including referrals, interviews, and interview debriefs, as needed

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium to large-scale systems on cloud platforms • Experience designing and implementing production-grade, cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and containerized deployment patterns • Experience with relational databases, preferably Postgres, using JDBC and ORM mappers such as Hibernate • Experience with DevOps, preferably Jenkins CI/CD • Experience utilizing AWS cloud-native services and data engineering • Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate on working code • Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented • Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term versus long-term benefits • Adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise • Legal authorization to work in the United States • Ability to meet other requirements for applicable government contracts • Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract • Must reside in one of the listed states and work from the contiguous United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans • Disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Vacation, holidays including Juneteenth, and floating holidays • 12 paid federal holidays annually on top of regular PTO • Performance-based annual bonus for eligible employees when Nava meets its goals • Paid parental leave plus weekly meals delivered to your home • Physical, mental, and emotional wellness resources and support tools • Virtual doctor visits with no copay, depending on available providers • Extended unpaid sabbatical leave after continuous service • 401(k) with 4% salary match • Remote-first flexible work environment • Company laptop and home office setup assistance • Monthly reimbursement for eligible home office utility expenses • Internal training programs and professional development resources • LinkedIn Learning access and annual allowance for courses, tuition, and certifications • Referral bonus • Pre-tax commuter programs where applicable • Collaborative and remote-friendly team environment