[Remote] Associate Software Engineer (CMS-HIOS)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pluribus Digital is a hands-on digital services consultancy that partners with government customers to design, develop, and deliver impactful digital products. The Associate Software Engineer will support the CMS Health Information Oversight System team by developing software and executing manual and automated testing across the development lifecycle. The role also involves maintaining test suites, managing defects, contributing to Agile collaboration, and supporting engineering best practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions that support customer and business objectives
- Plan, develop, execute, and document manual and automated testing across functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and release-readiness activities
- Maintain and expand reusable test suites, manage defects and test evidence, and verify traceability between requirements and results
- Leverage tools like JMeter, Postman, Selenium, Playwright in support of test automation
- Ensure accessibility in development leveraging tools like ANDI, Inspect DevTool, CCA, NVDA, and JAWS
- Implement features and enhancements with limited supervision
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and technical issues
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, business analysts, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle
- Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing efforts
- Participate in Agile planning, estimation, and delivery activities
- Continuously improve technical skills and knowledge of modern development practices
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Perform peer code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Produce technical documentation supporting development and operational activities
- Communicate technical solutions, risks, and progress with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA engineers, DevOps engineers, and other cross-functional team members to deliver reliable software
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a CMS Moderate Risk Public Trust clearance
- Two or more years of software development experience
- Experience building and maintaining software applications
- Understanding of software engineering principles and development practices
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Experience with cloud-native technologies and modern development frameworks
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with Selenium, Playwright
- Experience supporting federal government programs
- Relevant technical certifications
Benefits
- Opportunity to earn an annual bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Company-paid life insurance
- Generous 401(k) match program
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