Senior Software Engineer – Developer Platform & Automation
Virtual Service Operations, Inc.9 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$210k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software components for an enterprise developer platform.
- Build reusable backend tools and services that automate application, API, and software onboarding.
- Develop self-service registration workflows with validation, approval, compliance, and security checks.
- Create and integrate CI/CD pipelines and automated validation gates for software and API submissions.
- Design REST APIs and work with OpenAPI specifications for documentation, validation, and onboarding.
- Automate API gateway route registration, configuration, and policy management.
- Consolidate application and software inventories into a centralized service catalog with standardized data models.
- Create technical documentation, onboarding instructions, reusable templates, and developer productivity improvements.
- Contribute to MVP design, implementation, testing, delivery, and future internal platform expansion.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience developing and maintaining production applications or services.
- Strong programming proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, TypeScript, or Java.
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, and integrating REST APIs.
- Working knowledge of OpenAPI specifications and API documentation standards.
- Experience integrating source control systems with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience implementing automated validation, testing, or security checks in software delivery workflows.
- Experience developing self-service workflows or automated processes with validation and approval steps.
- Preferred experience with internal developer platforms, developer productivity tools, or software factories.
- Preferred experience with GitLab CI/CD, Open Policy Agent, API gateway automation, centralized software catalogs, Kubernetes, containerized applications, GitOps, AWS, and cloud-native development.
- Candidates must be U.S. citizens; project-assigned new hires must pass drug tests required by the client contract.
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement.
- Health, retirement, professional development, and other benefits for eligible employees.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Competitive salaries.
- Regular performance appraisals and career advancement opportunities.
Tech Stack
About Virtual Service Operations, Inc.
Virtual Service Operations (VSO) is a privately held IT services firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Manassas, Virginia. It delivers managed IT and hybrid-cloud operations, cloud migration, end-user services, network consulting, and IT financial management, anchored by its FogLifter platform. VSO serves large commercial enterprises and U.S. federal and defense customers, including projects in classified DoD environments, providing cybersecurity support and TBM/IT financial management advisory.