Senior Application Developer (Technical Lead)

Belay TechnologiesAnnapolis Junction, MD

$160,000 - $240,000 / year

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Compensation

$160,000-$240,000/year

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Job Description

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Application Developer to join our Intel team. We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to oversee and guide the unification of two existing product teams into a consolidated, efficient, and cloud-aligned capability. While both teams support the same COTS platform, Feith for managing Electronic Records Management functions, only one product currently operates in AWS. Historically, one team’s mission centered on expanding the capabilities of the other; now, the priority is bringing both efforts together under a modernized and cloud-based architecture.

The selected candidate will work closely with the technical leads from both product teams to evaluate current architectures, workflows, and areas of technical debt. They will develop a comprehensive integration and modernization plan that outlines risks, dependencies, opportunities for efficiency, architectural recommendations, and a phased implementation approach for leadership approval.

This role requires hands-on AWS experience, strong knowledge of supporting and integrating COTS products, and the ability to drive collaboration across engineering teams, customer stakeholders, and vendor partners. The ideal candidate will bring both strategic vision and practical technical leadership as we unify the two product lines and establish a cohesive forward path.Current LCAT is an Application Developer L4. Will consider a SWE2 or 3.

Key Responsibilities:Strategic Consolidation & Planning

Assess the current state of two separate product teams (processes, technologies, staffing model, architectures, backlogs)
Develop a comprehensive Consolidation Plan including:
- Overlap analysis and areas for unification
- Technical modernization opportunities
- Efficiency and cost-saving projections
- Organizational, operational, and architectural risks
- Roadmap milestones for unifying teams and platforms
- Present findings, risks, and recommended path forward to leadership and customer stakeholders

Technical Engineering & AWS Development:

Provide hands-on development and solutions within an AWS environment, aligned with best practices for scalability, resiliency, and security
Support and advise on application modernization opportunities, including containerization strategies and cloud-native re-architecture
Define integration patterns, APIs, and shared service approaches to support a consolidated product ecosystem

Vendor Engagement & COTS Integration (Feith):

Coordinate with Feith (vendor) to understand their roadmap, containerization efforts, and expectations for platform readiness
Evaluate Feith's containerized product capabilities and determine readiness for integration into the consolidated platform
Translate vendor capabilities into customer-centric recommendations and impact assessments
Prest technical recommendations and integration strategies to customer leadership

Team & Customer Coordination:

Work directly with both product teams to align processes, define unified technical standards, and reduce redundancy
Facilitate communication across teams, ensuring smooth adoption of consolidation roadmap
Support Agile ceremonies and help refine backlogs to reflect unified team priorities
Provide clear status updates, risk reporting, and milestone tracking to leadership

Candidates should have the following qualifications: 

TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
Twelve (12) years of experience in software development/engineering
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional software development experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline can substitute for Two (2) years of experience
Ability to analyze customer requirements, identify system improvements, and effectively troubleshoot issues to enhance application performance and user experience
Experience with AWS
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with customers, understand their needs, and provide timely and effective support, ensuring high levels of satisfaction
General understanding of Microsoft environments and enterprise collaboration tools
Experience with FEITH Records Management System or other COTS products
Development or scripting experience to support system configuration or automation tasks

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

Experience supporting enterprise rollouts and managing stakeholder expectations
Previous experience consolidating teams or systems across enterprise programs
Experience orchestrating vendor engagements and evaluating vendor technical roadmaps
Understanding of document/content management solutions (Feith, etc.) even if not the focus of the role

Perks and Benefits:

8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
$5,000 annual training/tuition
Student Loan Repayment Program
100% company-funded HSA
Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
Dental coverage including orthodontia
Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.Salary Range: $160,000 to $240,000Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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