Principal Software Engineer

About Aquia Inc.

Named the “#1 Best Remote Startup to Work For in 2025” by Built In, Aquia is a digital services firm specializing in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and compliance automation for the U.S. government.  

Founded by Veterans, we are passionate about making our country digitally capable and secure. Since 2021, we’ve generated millions in cost savings through cloud services and licensing optimization, enabled civil servants to double health care fraud investigations through streamlined cloud-based systems, and reduced authorization timelines by 74% through modernized security processes. Last year, we were named the 2024 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOSB) of the Year by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages: Python, Typescript/JavaScript
• Python Libraries: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Marshmallow, and Pydantic
• Databases: Relational databases, specifically Postgres and Oracle
• Additional Experience (Preferred):
• Workflow orchestration using Temporal.io (Python SDK)
• Observability via Splunk and AWS CloudWatch
• Containerized environments using Docker and ECS

Responsibilities:

• Feature Ownership: Own the end to end development of new features.  Manage the discovery, implementation, and deployment, and documentation of new features in collaboration with the product manager. Review test plans and collaborate with QA engineers to test
• Technical Specifications: Write technical specifications to outline feature design, architecture, and implementation details. Present these technical specs for approval both internally and externally
• Collaboration: Work closely with external stakeholders to gather requirements, discuss solutions, and troubleshoot issues.
• Code Reviews: Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, maintain high-quality code, and prevent defects. Collaborate with team members to improve overall code quality.
• Troubleshooting: Investigate, debug, and resolve issues in both production and development environments. Work with stakeholders to determine the scope and impact of issues to aid in prioritization.
• On-Call Support: Participate in the on-call support process as the primary on-call engineer. Investigate alerts and help triage any production bugs that arise. Work with the Prod Admin and Deployments manager to finalize and deploy releases.

Required skills:

• At least 8 years of hands-on professional work experience building web applications and creating APIs.
• Should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment in a self-directed manner that requires minimal supervision.
• Familiarity with web accessibility standards to deliver services that are not just minimally accessible, but a simple and intuitive experience for all users, including those who rely on assistive technologies.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Equal parts systems thinker and advocate for users.
• Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented.
• Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short-term vs. long-term benefits.
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset.
• Excellent written and real-time communication. technical and otherwise.

Benefits

• Premium health care plans (90% employer-paid)
• Employee stock plan
• 100% 401k match (up to IRS annual max)
• Generous PTO package
• Personal training and development budget

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Aquia Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.