Senior Full Stack Developer

SUNWATER INSTITUTE

The Sunwater Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy think tank focused on improving the foundations of our social systems. The Sunwater Institute’s current programs focus on improving government performance, preserving and advancing constitutional rights and liberties, strengthening and enlarging property rights, and exploring the foundations of group decision-making. 

The Sunwater Institute’s interdisciplinary, long-term orientation and focus on the building blocks of social systems sets it apart as a haven for bold, fresh ideas and free, constructive dialogue. The Sunwater Institute is located in North Bethesda and maintains a presence on Capitol Hill.

POSITION

The Sunwater Institute is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Developer to join the team developing Legis1, a data-driven platform for improving Congressional performance. Legis1 leverages AI and proprietary datasets to provide tailor-made analysis for lawmakers, lobbyists, executive agencies, and nonprofits. The Senior Full Stack Software Developer will be responsible for developing new features in React and Java, writing tests, reviewing code, and working with the data team to improve site performance. Excellent candidates will also have experience planning complex features, providing recommendations on implementation, and optimizing code performance. 

The candidate shall have a thorough understanding of life cycle development through production implementation and post implementation. The candidate shall have the ability to present to various audiences both technical and non-technical. The candidate shall display a strategic view of applications and how they fit into the product space. The candidate shall be creative, comfortable working in small teams, and have the ability to coordinate with US and non-US based developers. The candidate will collaborate with the product team, designers, research scientists, and engineers. 

• Provide technical leadership
• Develop high quality code for front and back end
• Develop system architecture and develop component designs
• Provide technical guidance to team members
• Translate requirements, storyboards, and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code for both front and back ends
• Research new technologies and algorithms. Adapt and implement these technologies into practices
• Identify issues and potential risks and implement solutions
• Implement unit testing. Ensure development testing is complete and the code is ready for QA
• Implement ML system reliability testing
• Maintain code quality and organization
• Integrate large datasets
• Implement analytics algorithms
• Collaborate with the UI/UX and Product Teams to ensure the technical feasibility of proposed functionality and designs
• Develop system technical architecture documentation and design diagrams
• Implement Scrum and manage releases

• 5+ years of experience in design and development of mission critical high-performance web-based applications
• Bachelor's degree in technical field (Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent)
• Ability to work as full stack developer, including front, back-end, and database development.
• Strong coding skills
• Technologies: Microservices, AWS, Java, React, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Spring, MSSQL, HTML, CSS, Open AI, Sagemaker, OpenSearch, Mongo, Neo4j
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication, verbal, written, and active listening skills