Staff Software Engineer (IC4a)

Job#: 3040024

Job Description:
Staff Software Engineer

Location: Baltimore, Maryland (Hybrid)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical direction for application development teams. This role involves close coordination with product, technology, and enterprise architecture to ensure alignment on business-critical software initiatives. The position requires balancing technical leadership with hands-on development tasks based on team capacity and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for application development teams covering marketing content and loan acquisition workflows.
• Define roadmaps for migrating monolithic systems to distributed systems and microservice deployments on cloud infrastructure.
• Establish standards and guardrails for systems architecture, design patterns, code reusability, and technical debt.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, such as GraphQL and agentic AI, and assist with their adoption.
• Demonstrate leadership through participation in communities of practice and mentoring team members in engineering best practices.
• Balance architectural responsibilities with hands-on development tasks as needed.

Required Qualifications

Experience: A minimum of seven years in full-stack web development, with a focus on the presentation layer, is required. Experience building and maintaining high-traffic, consumer-facing websites on public cloud systems like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure is necessary. Candidates must have strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, monitoring, and production operations.

Technical Skills: Proficiency is required in Node.JS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Amazon Web Services, Containerization, and CI/CD. Candidates should be skilled in integrating frontend technologies with RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and both relational and non-relational databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification
• Ruby-on-Rails development experience
• Design systems implementation
• Prior experience in financial services
• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, Technology Transformation, and Digital Transformation

Additional Information

This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence three days per week. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of the specified office location: Baltimore, MD. There is potential for conversion to a full-time employee position.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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