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Employment is dependent upon approval from the prime contractor.\nAbout Element 84\nElement 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our super power is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA.\nA Few Other Things You Should Know\nElement 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.\n\nElement 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging-from a technical, people, and team perspective. 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Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.\nJob Summary\nA talented software engineer is needed on the Element 84 team to support our federal clients in their mission. The Element 84 Federal Business Unit works primarily with NASA, NOAA, and USGS on projects involving the processing, distribution, and visualization of geospatial and remotely sensed data in the Cloud. As a member of this team, this software engineer will build innovative tools allowing scientists and students alike to discover, transform, update, and improve the quality of earth science data in the pursuit of solving a wide range of environmental and socio-economic issues.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nParticipate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from user story generation, through design, development, automated testing, and operational support\n\nImprove quality by actively participating in code-reviews and adhering to team quality standards.\n\nWork alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.\n\nOwn execution of small-medium sized features with higher-level technical support\n\nYou describe the details of your work fluidly and accurately to technical peers\n\nQualifications\nHere are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer\n\nExperience building full-stack applications using Python, JavaScript, or similar programming languages\n\nExperience with Clojure\n\nExperience with React\n\nExperience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including at a minimum S3, IAM, and Lambda\n\nProficiency in troubleshooting software issues and debugging a large codebase\n\nAbility to work as a member of a small team using the Scrum methodology\n\nFirm commitment to and experience with automated testing and continuous integration\n\nProponent of continuous improvement; willingness to bring new ideas to the team\n\nOutstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively and proficiently in a remote environment\n\nEnergetic, self-motivated, team player\n\nBachelor's Degree in a technical major, such as Computer Science or Engineering (will consider equivalent professional experience in lieu of degree)\n\nLocation Note: This is a remote position and candidates need to reside within a local travel distance (100 miles or less) of our primary East Coast hubs (Alexandria, VA and Philadelphia, PA). Local residency is required to facilitate an in-person final interview, identity verification, and periodic in-person team collaboration.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nActive NOAA CAC badge; Alternative Eligibility - candidates who do not currently possess a NOAA badge are still highly encouraged to apply. However, you must be fully eligible and able to successfully clear the NOAA background investigation process to obtain one [Start date may be contingent upon successful processing and acquisition of NOAA badge]\n\nExperience with node.js or python\n\nExperience working in a development team using an Agile methodology (preferably Scrum or SAFe)\n\nExperience with the Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo)\n\nExperience developing on MacOS X\n\nAWS Certification\n\nThis position requires that applicants be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or at any time in the future, and be able to pass a general background check.\nAdditional Information\nPaying attention to who we are as a company-people, family members, friends, and colleagues-is our primary focus at Element 84. There are lots of ways to run a company, and, for us, we prioritize wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team.\nYou’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong.\n\nWe only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say.\n\nWe may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and happiness comes from much more than where you work.\n\nWe have an extraordinary retention rate because we hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you.\n\nCompensation\nThe salary range for this job is $105,000 - $141,000. Actual compensation offered to candidate will be finalized at offer and may be above or below the posted range due to skill level, experience, industry-specific knowledge, education/certifications, or geographic location. Base salary represents just one component of the Element 84 total compensation package. Employees will also receive a number of benefits as listed below. Other compensation for this position may include bonus eligibility (dependent on employee performance and company profits).\nLocation & Remote Work\nThis is a full time, salaried position. Please submit your information, resume and cover letter if you are interested. 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