Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, that works with governments and organizations to improve services and experiences through evidence-based knowledge and technology. The Senior Software Engineer will build and maintain a self-service developer portal and developer-facing tooling for a federal platform, automate secure cross-platform workflows, and improve developer experience. The role collaborates with UX and documentation specialists to translate research-backed patterns into reliable, instrumented software.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the self-service developer portal and developer-facing tooling for a federal agency’s platform
- Design and automate cross-platform workflows spanning source control, CI/CD, issue tracking, observability, and collaboration tools to reduce manual developer toil
- Build reusable automation patterns (APIs, bots, webhooks, event-driven services, IaC, internal tooling) that standardize engineering workflows
- Integrate identity, access management, provisioning, and compliance controls across SaaS platforms to enable secure self-service
- Monitor and maintain workflow reliability, including failure detection, retry strategies, and audit logging
- Translate research-backed interaction patterns and onboarding flows into working, instrumented software
- Deliver platform improvements that measurably improve developer experience (reduced setup time, faster deployment cycles, improved release confidence)
- Collaborate closely with the UX and documentation specialists on the team
- Other relevant duties as qualified and trained to perform
Skills
- This role can work remotely from anywhere in the USA
- You must be legally authorized to work in the US
- Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship
- * Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- * Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and automating cross-platform workflows spanning source control, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, observability, and collaboration tools
- * Proven ability to build reusable automation patterns (APIs, bots, webhooks, event-driven services, IaC, internal tooling)
- * Experience integrating identity, access management, provisioning, and compliance controls across SaaS platforms for secure self-service
- * Strong capability in monitoring and maintaining workflow reliability, including failure detection, retry strategies, and audit logging
- * Able to independently deliver platform improvements that measurably improve developer experience while preventing tool sprawl and fragmentation
- * Must be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust clearance
- * Experience building internal developer portals or platform-as-product tooling
- * Familiarity with GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Datadog, and Figma-integrated toolchains
- * Experience applying human-centered design inputs directly into software delivery
- * Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GSA USAi, AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot)
Benefits
- Flex hours
- 401K with matching incentive
- Parental Leave
- Medical/dental/vision benefits
- Flex Spending Account
- Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Paid holidays
- Fully remote work from anywhere in the USA
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