Software Engineer Washington DC, Philadelphia PA or Wilmington DE

Your success is a train ride away! As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver end-to-end software solutions that meet the needs of the client and/or business. Ideal candidate is equally strong in front end and backend development, with the ability to build a scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. Work with other engineers and cross functional teams to implement, test, and document new features and recommend strategies and methodologies to improve software deliverables and technology enhancements.

Onsite in Washington, DC, Wilmington, DE or Philadelphia, PA.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners, technical leads, project managers, and business analysts, to design, develop, configure, modify, and integrate software solutions.
• Participate in diverse team environments, providing consistent support and ownership of deliverables, while developing technical skills.
• Work on projects of varying complexity, engage in project planning with IT business system analysts, and evaluate application packages and tools.
• Perform unit, end-to-end, and integration testing, ensure system requirements are met, and adhere to IT security and quality standards. Define and execute functional and non-functional testing strategies, including automation.
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support for applications, document changes and test results, and create user guides and training documentation.
• Organize and document technical requirements based on business needs
• Provide technical mentorship to development teams
• Hands on experience to develop responsive, intuitive front-end interfaces using Angular / React
• Build secure, scalable backend services using Java / Python
• Design and maintain RESTful or Graph
  
  QL APIs and system integrations
• Create, optimize, and maintain database schemas (SQL and/or No
  
  SQL)
• Implement authentication and authorization protocol (OAuth2, JWT, SSO)

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Must have at least one year of experience as a software engineer
• Experience with technologies including Java, Python, SQL, and RESTful
• Collaborate with Product, QA, UX and Dev Ops to deliver high quality features.
• Deploy, monitor, and trouble‑shoot applications using CI/CD and cloud platforms.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience.

• Fluency as a beginner / intermediate on cloud platforms like AWS / Azure.
• Write clean, maintainable code with unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of incident and change management processes/practices
• Knowledge of middleware and distributed systems architecture
• Demonstrate knowledge of the full IT development lifecycle and familiar with Agile/Scrum development environment
• Ability to quickly learn and understand complex applications and technologies
• Strong grasp of data structures, design patterns, and architectural frameworks
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines and adapt to changing environments

The salary/hourly range is $72,000.00 – $93,312.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or…