Principal Application Developer (AGENCY) (372)
VSE Aviation11 months ago
Miramar, FL, USA or Fort Worth, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain the backend architecture for a scalable e-commerce platform.
- Develop APIs, microservices, and integrations for front-end applications and third-party services.
- Implement payment systems, inventory management, order fulfillment, catalog, promotion, and multi-vendor functionality.
- Optimize database schemas and queries for high availability and large-scale traffic.
- Build automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and scalable solutions for reliability and performance.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, DevOps, and product managers.
- Travel 25% as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering, or equivalent experience; alternatively, three additional years of specific work experience may substitute for the degree.
- Seven years of relevant technical work experience.
- Strong proficiency in server-side languages and experience with frameworks.
- Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases and structured data formats including JSON and XML.
- Experience building and consuming RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and containerization.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms.
- Hands-on e-commerce experience with inventory management, payment gateways, shopping cart logic, and shipping APIs.
- Experience integrating ERP backend systems.
- Preferred qualifications include distributed-systems design for high-traffic e-commerce, caching, message queues, search optimization, headless commerce, API-first architectures, and large-scale e-commerce or SaaS platforms.
Benefits
- Applicants must reside in South Florida, Dallas-Fort Worth, or the Atlanta, Georgia area; relocation is at the candidate’s own expense.
- The role requires 25% travel.
Tech Stack
GraphQL
Categories
About VSE Aviation
VSE Aviation provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft components and engine accessories, along with aftermarket parts distribution and supply chain management. It serves aviation operators and component manufacturers that need certified parts and repair support. The business is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, and operates as part of VSE Corporation, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: VSEC).