Summary At the Office of the Clerk, we are building the next generation of applications that support the mission of the US House of Representatives. If you enjoy being in a fast-paced environment, making a difference, with new opportunities to grow your skills, we have an opportunity for you. Our team is mission driven and obsessive about ensuring the Clerk and the House has the technology it needs to meet its goals. Responsibilities Salary Range: $103,500 -128,400 Closing Date: Open Until Filled Our team is mission-driven and works collaboratively across multiple teams and projects. Our systems are critical to the operations of the House, and we see the impact of our work in day-to-day operations and in the enduring capabilities we deliver. If you enjoy being in a fast-paced environment, making a difference, with new opportunities to grow your skills, we have an opportunity for you. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Legislative Applications engineering team in the Office of Legislative Computer Systems. This is a mid-level position where you can use your expertise to help us deliver modern systems that support the legislative activities of the House. You will have the opportunity to contribute to multiple Clerk projects and build your skills in an enterprise environment. PRIMARY DUTIES Contribute to multiple Clerk managed systems by designing systems, developing software, performing code reviews, fixing bugs and supporting operations. You will work as part of an enterprise engineering team including DevOps engineers, UX designers, business analysts, QA engineers and peer software engineers with a range of specialized skills. You will work on an Agile team with frequent releases, continuous integration and deployment and respond to frequent feedback from customers. You will use modern engineering workflows, including feature branches, pull requests and automated CI/CD pipelines. You will build enterprise products using relational databases, microservices, single page application frameworks and XML publishing technologies. You will work with peers across the Legislative Branch maintaining and modernizing technology for legislative publications, including bills and specialized House publications. You will support enterprise products and users and ensure that systems are secure and available. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, and equivalent work experience is preferred. 3 or more years experience building applications in an enterprise environment. Additional desired experience Experience with XML publishing tools such as XSLT, XSL-FO, HTML and CSS paged media. Experience with .NET technologies and tools. Experience with UI frameworks such as React and Angular. Experience with relational database design, development and performance tuning using relational databases (RDBMS) and/or NoSQL databases. Experience building containerized applications with Docker and/or Kubernetes. Experience deploying and managing systems in cloud environments. Experience designing and building systems for the US Government. A desire to research and study new emerging technologies for consideration in future and ongoing development efforts. Hiring for this position is governed by the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act. Applicants seeking veterans’ preference consideration should email veoa-iohr@mail.house.gov for more information. Continued employment is contingent upon satisfactorily completing a criminal history records check. Employment with the U.S. House of Representatives is at-will. EOE. Education Additional Information