Mid Software Developer - Backend

⚠️ ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED. Candidates without an active clearance cannot be considered for this position.

Mid Backend Software Developer
About Trilogy Innovations

At Trilogy Innovations , we are committed to driving meaningful change for our customers and communities through smart, innovative technology that solves real problems. As a growing systems and software engineering company, we partner across public and private sectors to modernize enterprise systems, strengthen security, and deliver high value solutions. We are scaling with purpose, investing in our people, processes, and platforms as we expand. We work hard, think creatively, and value every perspective as we push boundaries and build systems that matter.
Who you are

Trilogy Innovations is seeking Mid-Level Software Developers to provide remote support for a federal customer. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, collaborative team and contribute to a multi-year initiative focused on modernizing large-scale, mission-critical IT systems. Ideal candidates are motivated technologists who thrive in dynamic environments and are eager to make a meaningful impact on high-visibility federal projects while working in a fully remote setting.

This role requires at least a Secret Security Clearance, and primary work location is remote.
On-Call Expectations:

To support critical system needs, this role participates in a rotating on-call schedule for one week out of every four. During your on-call week, you’ll be part of a responsive support team that helps ensure system reliability and continuity.

- Acknowledge on-call contacts (phone, text, or email) within 15 minutes

- Remain within reasonable access to your secure work laptop while on call

- Log in and begin assessing or troubleshooting requests within 60 minutes of notification

The on-call rotation is structured to provide balance while ensuring our federal partners receive timely, dependable support when it matters most.
What you will do:

- Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.

- Design, build, and maintain microservices in a cloud native architecture.

- Operate and support an enterprise scale production system; identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex system issues.

- Analyze user needs to develop robust software solutions aligned with business and mission goals.

- Analyze, design, and optimize relational and NoSQL databases within application ecosystems.

- Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and mentoring of junior developers to promote engineering excellence.

- Collaborate with cross functional teams including DevOps, QA, Security, Product, and Architecture.

High-level objectives include, but are not limited to the following:

- Migrate all current-system functionality from the mainframes and operate within a cloud-based environment (AWS GovCloud).

- Transition investigative search capabilities to Elasticsearch or similar technologies to improve speed and analytical capabilities for law enforcement users.

- Build new microservices using OpenShift based container platforms following scalable, cloud native patterns.

- Implement full stack components where applicable, supporting UI integration layers using modern JavaScript frameworks.

- Support integration with event driven architectures and high throughput data processing systems.

What you bring

We require:

- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of work experience or Associate’s Degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience.

- Active Tier 3 Secret clearance (or higher).

- Strong proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming, Java, and the Spring Boot framework​​​

- Experience developing microservices, REST APIs, and cloud native applications.

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and container orchestration in OpenShift or similar platforms

- Experience designing, developing, and operating solution