Software Developer (Systems Software)

Acuity, Inc. seeks dynamic, self-motivated individuals with experience as a Software Developer (Systems Software). 

In return, Acuity Inc offers a great company culture with wonderful work/life balance and a robust compensation package which includes Health/Dental/Vision, up to $6K training & professional development benefit annually, 401K matching, corporate events/team-building and more!

Acuity was awarded "Best Places to Work" by the Washington Business Journal for over 8 years(2010 - 2014, 2015, 2017-2021, 2023) and "Top Workplaces" by Washington Post (2022, 2023). www.myacuity.com

What you 'll be doing:

Acuity is seeking for a candidate that has proficiencies in Java, Web Services, and Spring Boot. In addition, skills related to cloud technologies (e.g. AWS), Docker., and Rotating pager duty. 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Demonstrated hands-on experience developing Applications using the following technologies or something similar: SOLR, Elastic, Postgres, Java, Scala, RDS or spring boot.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with relational and non-relational database systems such as Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Postgres.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with and troubleshooting of Internet and Web related protocols and technologies such as Tomcat, Nodejs, Web Services, or SSL.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience developing JUnit and Jasmine tests.
• Demonstrated experience with testing platforms such as Jest or Karma.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, or Nexus.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Demonstrated recent experience with the Client's suite of applications providing repository and search services that enables Client to find the information they need.
• Demonstrated recent experience with Client’s profile and alerting services that represents a "prospective search" tool that sifts through incoming stream looking for items that match a user’s profile and alerts upon match.
• Demonstrated recent experience with the Client’s discovery and recommendation services that allows a user to discover data they wouldn’t ordinarily know about and represents an information filtering system that leverages content-based approaches to discriminate between interesting and uninteresting items for a user.
• Demonstrated experience with the Client’s Pre-NLP processing pipeline to remove boilerplate text, portion marks and non-narrative content. 

Clearance Requirements:

• TS/SCI w/Poly

Acuity, Inc:  

Acuity is a leading management and technology consulting firm that specializes in serving the federal government. Our innovative, collaborative, and rewarding work environment has earned repeat honors from the Washington Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work”, Washington Post’s “Top Workplace”, and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards. 

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.