Backend Application Engineer

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company serving US federal government organizations across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health missions. The Backend Application Engineer will design, build, test, maintain, and modernize enterprise application services, APIs, integrations, and data-access layers while collaborating with cross-functional teams and progressively taking ownership of complex engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain enterprise application services, APIs, business logic, data-access layers, and integrations
• Develop solutions using languages and frameworks appropriate to the problem, including Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, or comparable technologies
• Integrate applications with databases, messaging platforms, external services, legacy systems, cloud services, and enterprise platforms
• Modernize legacy application components and help decompose tightly coupled systems into maintainable services and reusable capabilities
• Write automated unit, integration, and API tests and participate in code reviews, CI/CD, debugging, release support, and production issue resolution
• Apply secure coding, API design, error handling, logging, observability, performance, and data-integrity practices throughout development
• Use AFS-approved AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to accelerate coding, testing, refactoring, documentation, and analysis while validating outputs
• Partner with Product Managers, Digital Experience Engineers, Quality Engineers, Cloud Platform Engineers, architects, security teams, and client stakeholders
• As your experience grows, lead complex services or application areas, establish technical patterns, mentor engineers, and shape modernization and architecture decisions

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, FastAPI/Django/Flask, Go frameworks, or comparable application frameworks
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, messaging technologies, API gateways, or enterprise integration patterns
• Experience with AWS, Azure, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, or cloud-native application development
• Experience with application modernization, legacy integration, data migration, performance engineering, or secure software development
• Ability to learn unfamiliar systems, communicate technical issues clearly, and take increasing ownership of services or application workstreams
• Previous federal consulting, government, or mission-oriented delivery experience
• Computer Science Degree
• Engineering Degree
• Information Systems Degree
• Practical Experience
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• .NET
• Node.js
• FastAPI
• Django
• Flask
• Go Frameworks
• Application Frameworks
• Microservices
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Messaging Technologies
• API Gateways
• Enterprise Integration Patterns
• AWS
• Azure
• Containers
• Kubernetes
• Serverless Technologies
• Cloud-Native Development
• Application Modernization
• Legacy Integration
• Data Migration
• Performance Engineering
• Secure Software Development
• Service Ownership
• Application Workstream Ownership
• Federal Consulting
• Government Delivery
• Mission-Oriented Delivery
• Learning Agility
• Clear Technical Communication
• Ownership

Benefits

• A collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.
• Hybrid, remote, or client-site work environment as program needs require.

Company

• Technology and AI consulting for U.S. federal agencies
• Arlington, Virginia, USA
• https://www.afs.com/
• Founded in 1989
• 10001+ employees

Qualifications

• Professional experience in back-end, application, software, API, or integration engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Hands-on development experience in at least one modern enterprise language such as Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, or a comparable language
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs, services, business logic, or enterprise application integrations
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases and common data-access concepts
• Experience leveraging code assist technologies while developing applications (e.g., Gemini Code Assist, GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, etc.)
• Understanding of automated testing, source control, code review, debugging, CI/CD, and Agile software delivery
• For candidates with deeper experience, demonstrated ability to lead complex application work, mentor others, define engineering patterns, and make sound tradeoff decisions across teams
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, FastAPI/Django/Flask, Go frameworks, or comparable application frameworks
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, messaging technologies, API gateways, or enterprise integration patterns
• Experience with AWS, Azure, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, or cloud-native application development
• Experience with application modernization, legacy integration, data migration, performance engineering, or secure software development
• Ability to learn unfamiliar systems, communicate technical issues clearly, and take increasing ownership of services or application workstreams
• Previous federal consulting, government, or mission-oriented delivery experience

Required skills

• Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, REST APIs, Relational and NoSQL Databases, AI-Assisted Software Development, Automated Testing, Source Control, CI/CD, Agile Software Delivery