Software Engineer

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Job Description :

The Software Engineer is responsible for delivering high quality, maintainable, and secure software across modern backend and frontend stacks.

This role requires strong proficiency in contemporary programming languages, including Go and TypeScript/JavaScript (or equivalent technologies), with the ability to read, write, debug, and evaluate production grade code independently. Engineers in this role use AI coding assistants as a force multiplier while retaining full ownership of all resulting code. They must be able to decompose technical work, provide clear guidance to AI tools, and rigorously validate and revise generated output. Passive prompt and accept workflows are insufficient.

A core responsibility of this role is code review and quality assurance. The engineer must be comfortable performing detailed, line by line review of both self authored and generated code, identifying defects, design issues, and unnecessary complexity. They should demonstrate practical knowledge of common software design patterns and architecture principles, including interfaces, dependency injection, factory and adapter/gateway patterns, and layered system design. They apply DRY, SOLID, and reuse first principles consistently.

This role spans full stack development: backend services, data models, APIs, and modern web front ends. The engineer must maintain clear and stable contracts between client and server, ensuring well designed interactions across the stack. Work should reflect an understanding of cloud native fundamentals, including identity and access management, storage, databases, messaging, search, and containerized services. Solutions must be built against abstractions to remain portable across cloud and on premises environments. Strong data modeling skills are required, including experience with relational databases, schema creation, and migrations. The engineer must design for multi tenant security from the outset, understanding authentication versus authorization, isolation boundaries, least privilege access, and data protection considerations.

The role also requires a commitment to continuous quality through unit, integration, and automated testing; use of linters, static analysis, and CI quality gates; and validation of changes in a running environment. Engineers are expected to adhere to established project standards in structure, naming, logging, error handling, and API design, introducing new patterns only when justified and reviewed. Effective problem solving is essential. The engineer must break large requests into verifiable increments, identify the correct system layer for each change, and communicate decisions clearly to peers and reviewers. Experience working in disconnected or constrained environments is important, including development without public internet access, use of private registries and pre approved dependencies, and deployment within isolated networks. Solutions must not rely on outbound SaaS, public container pulls, or live commercial AI services at runtime.

Here's what you need :

- 2+ years of experience in Java.

- Experience with Go Programming Language.

- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure Architecture Design.

- Experience with Full Stack Development.

- Experience with AI Workflow Integration or AI Assisted Development.

- Experience with establishing, and adhering to, security standards.

Bonus points if you have :

- Security+

- TypeScript

- Experience working on multi service or platform engineering teams.

- Familiarity with defense, government, or other high assurance environments.

- Experience with multi cloud or air gapped deployments.

- Background in disconnected development using private artifact registries and cross domain or multi enclave release processes.

Security clearance :

- Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is: $106,300 — $206,200 USD

What We Believe
As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

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