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8 results for Application Architect in Washington, DC

Application Development Project Manager
  • Kensington, MD
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 55 - 70 USD / Hourly
  • <p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p><p> We are seeking an experienced <strong>Application Development Project Manager</strong> to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects. This role is responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project timelines and budgets, and ensuring that application development initiatives align with business goals and technical requirements. The ideal candidate has strong experience managing the full software development lifecycle and working closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead end-to-end <strong>application development projects</strong> from planning and requirements gathering through development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.</li><li>Collaborate with <strong>software developers, QA teams, product owners, and business stakeholders</strong> to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.</li><li>Develop and manage <strong>project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation</strong> to ensure projects are delivered on schedule.</li><li>Track project progress, manage risks and issues, and communicate status updates to leadership and stakeholders.</li><li>Facilitate <strong>Agile or Waterfall project management processes</strong>, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and project reviews when applicable.</li><li>Coordinate <strong>cross-functional teams</strong> to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical implementation.</li><li>Ensure <strong>quality standards, documentation, and testing processes</strong> are followed throughout the development lifecycle.</li><li>Manage <strong>vendor relationships and third-party development partners</strong> when applicable.</li><li>Support change management, user adoption, and post-deployment improvements.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>
  • 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z
Application Development Project Manager
  • Washington, DC
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 55 - 70 USD / Hourly
  • Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Application Development Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects. This role is responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project timelines and budgets, and ensuring that application development initiatives align with business goals and technical requirements. The ideal candidate has strong experience managing the full software development lifecycle and working closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end application development projects from planning and requirements gathering through development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support. Collaborate with software developers, QA teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables. Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure projects are delivered on schedule. Track project progress, manage risks and issues, and communicate status updates to leadership and stakeholders. Facilitate Agile or Waterfall project management processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and project reviews when applicable. Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical implementation. Ensure quality standards, documentation, and testing processes are followed throughout the development lifecycle. Manage vendor relationships and third-party development partners when applicable. Support change management, user adoption, and post-deployment improvements.
  • 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z
Application Development Project Manager
  • Fairfax, VA
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 55 - 70 USD / Hourly
  • <p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p><p> We are seeking an experienced <strong>Application Development Project Manager</strong> to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects. This role is responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project timelines and budgets, and ensuring that application development initiatives align with business goals and technical requirements. The ideal candidate has strong experience managing the full software development lifecycle and working closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead end-to-end <strong>application development projects</strong> from planning and requirements gathering through development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.</li><li>Collaborate with <strong>software developers, QA teams, product owners, and business stakeholders</strong> to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.</li><li>Develop and manage <strong>project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation</strong> to ensure projects are delivered on schedule.</li><li>Track project progress, manage risks and issues, and communicate status updates to leadership and stakeholders.</li><li>Facilitate <strong>Agile or Waterfall project management processes</strong>, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and project reviews when applicable.</li><li>Coordinate <strong>cross-functional teams</strong> to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical implementation.</li><li>Ensure <strong>quality standards, documentation, and testing processes</strong> are followed throughout the development lifecycle.</li><li>Manage <strong>vendor relationships and third-party development partners</strong> when applicable.</li><li>Support change management, user adoption, and post-deployment improvements.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>
  • 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z
Software Development III
  • Arlington, VA
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 75.24 - 75.24 USD / Hourly
  • <p>This role is part of a technical sub-family responsible for writing and maintaining source code, building and maintaining software applications, and applying frameworks involved in the software release lifecycle. This includes programming, documentation, configuration management, testing, debugging, and overall stewardship of applications and frameworks that become production-ready software products.</p><p>This role works independently on day-to-day objectives and is responsible for delivering high-impact results across projects or technical areas. This position may also coach and review work performed by junior or lower-level technical staff.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>·        Analyze, design, develop, and update software to support new features and system performance improvements.</p><p>·        Develop high-quality C++ applications in a Linux-based environment.</p><p>·        Implement and maintain communication interfaces and protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, and DDS.</p><p>·        Utilize Docker and Kubernetes (RKE2) for containerization, orchestration, and deployment automation.</p><p>·        Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to support deployments and integrations.</p><p>·        Apply strong understanding of Linux system internals for troubleshooting and development.</p><p>·        Manage and maintain software source control and configuration using industry‑standard tools.</p><p>·        Contribute to solution design discussions, influencing process and approach for the broader team.</p>
  • 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z
Program Manager
  • Springfield, VA
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 50 - 55 USD / Hourly
  • <p>Our client in the Washington, DC area is seeking an experienced <strong>Program Manager</strong> with a strong background in the <strong>medical device, biotech, or regulated healthcare technology</strong> space. This role is ideal for a strategic, detail‑driven leader who can manage complex programs, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and ensure compliance within a highly regulated environment.</p><p>You’ll oversee program planning, execution, timelines, and stakeholder communication while supporting product development, quality initiatives, and regulatory alignment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead end‑to‑end program management for medical device initiatives, from planning through execution</li><li>Coordinate cross‑functional teams including engineering, R&amp;D, quality, regulatory, and operations</li><li>Develop and maintain program timelines, milestones, budgets, and risk mitigation plans</li><li>Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, and other regulatory standards</li><li>Facilitate communication between internal teams, leadership, and external partners</li><li>Track program performance and provide reporting, dashboards, and status updates</li><li>Support product development lifecycle activities, including design reviews and documentation</li><li>Identify process improvements to enhance efficiency and program outcome</li></ul><p><br></p>
  • 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z
Software Development IV
  • Arlington, VA
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 94.87 - 94.87 USD / Hourly
  • <p>This role supports a key Federal defense program and is responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex software applications and frameworks across the full software release lifecycle. This role requires expert-level technical proficiency, strong problem-solving abilities, and the ability to contribute to multiple technical domains concurrently.</p><p>This position works onsite in Arlington, VA, collaborating closely with an all-onshore engineering team. Ideal candidates will be able to quickly ramp up in a fast-paced environment and hit the ground running.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>·        Analyze, design, develop, and update software for new features, system enhancements, and performance improvements.</p><p>·        Write, maintain, and document high-quality C++ source code.</p><p>·        Develop solutions for complex technical problems affecting multiple systems and disciplines.</p><p>·        Implement and maintain communication interfaces using protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, and DDS.</p><p>·        Work within the Linux operating system at an advanced level.</p><p>·        Support containerization and automated deployment using Docker and Kubernetes (RKE2).</p><p>·        Collaborate across engineering, operations, and integration teams to support software deployments.</p><p>·        Utilize software source control and configuration management tools.</p>
  • 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z
GENAI CCAS Application Developer
  • Washington, DC
  • remote
  • Temporary
  • 49 - 54 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are seeking an early‑career GenAI Application Developer to design, build, and enhance AI‑powered applications for an AWS‑based Contact Center as a Service (CCAS) platform. This role focuses on conversational AI, intelligent automation, and generative AI–driven customer and agent experiences using services such as Amazon Connect, Lex V2, Amazon Q in Connect, Contact Lens, Bedrock, OpenSearch, and AWS Lambda (Python).</p><p><br></p><p>You will work closely with senior engineers, UI/UX designers, and cloud teams to implement voice and chat automation, agent assist features, secure AI orchestration, and supporting APIs and data pipelines—all within a security‑ and compliance‑focused environment.</p><p>This is an excellent opportunity to grow as a software developer while contributing to impactful, production‑grade AI solutions.</p><p><br></p><p>Primary Responsibilities</p><p>Amazon Connect Application Development</p><ul><li>Design, build, and maintain Amazon Connect contact flows, routing profiles, and queues for voice and chat</li><li>Integrate Amazon Lex V2 bots for call deflection, self‑service workflows, and escalation</li><li>Configure Contact Lens for transcription, summarization, sentiment analysis, QA insights, and redaction</li><li>Configure Amazon Q in Connect domains, knowledge sources, guided workflows, and agent assist capabilities</li><li>Implement secure S3‑based transcript storage with encryption, lifecycle policies, and retention controls</li></ul><p>eAI Orchestration &amp; Backend Services</p><ul><li>Develop AWS Lambda (Python) functions to orchestrate:</li><li>Amazon Bedrock LLM calls</li><li>Embeddings workflows</li><li>Model invocation logging and observability</li><li>Implement OpenSearch indexing, keyword/vector queries, and ingestion triggers</li><li>Build Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to support agent assist and self‑service knowledge</li><li>Apply structured logging, testing, error handling, and performance/cost safeguards</li></ul><p> Data Safety, Security &amp; Compliance</p><ul><li>Implement AI guardrails, prompt templates, and output evaluation mechanisms</li><li>Enforce PII redaction and minimization across conversation logs</li><li>Participate in threat modeling and remediation for contact center integrations</li></ul><p>Web, Chat &amp; Integration Support</p><ul><li>Support CloudFront + WAF configurations for secure web chat entry points</li><li>Build APIs and event hooks to pass context between web chat, Amazon Connect, and AI services</li></ul><p>DevSecOps &amp; Operations</p><ul><li>Contribute to Git‑based CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and documentation</li><li>Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and architecture diagrams</li><li>Create and monitor CloudWatch dashboards and alarms for:</li><li>Call deflection rate</li><li>Average Handle Time (AHT)</li><li>Contact resolution</li><li>AI usage metrics</li></ul>
  • 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z
Software Engineering II
  • Gaithersburg, MD
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 53 - 60 USD / Hourly
  • <p><strong>Locations:</strong> Gaithersburg, MD • Eagan, MN • Egg Harbor, NJ</p><p><strong>Schedule:</strong> Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote)</p><p><strong>Clearance:</strong> Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust (U.S. Citizenship required)</p><p><strong>Overview</strong></p><p>We are seeking a Junior Software Engineer with AI-enabled development experience to support a large-scale modernization program involving real‑time, high‑availability, safety‑critical systems. This role combines traditional software engineering with emerging AI‑augmented development techniques to enhance delivery, code quality, and system performance.</p><p>This position is ideal for engineers who actively apply AI in their day‑to‑day workflow and want to contribute to a mission-critical, complex engineering environment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p><ul><li>Design, develop, test, and maintain software for real-time, high-availability systems.</li><li>Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, refactoring, debugging, and automated test generation.</li><li>Apply responsible AI practices across the full SDLC — requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, and code review.</li><li>Analyze complex system requirements and translate them into efficient, maintainable designs.</li><li>Develop and maintain automation scripts across development, test, and production environments.</li><li>Promote code quality, reuse, traceability, and cross-team collaboration.</li></ul>
  • 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z