Job#: 3036488

Job Description:

Senior Software Development Engineer (Full-Stack)

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Duration: 6-Month Contract

About the Role

Apex Systems is seeking a Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to support a high-impact initiative focused on enhancing Incident Management Tooling for a large-scale engineering organization.

This role will directly contribute to building and delivering features that reduce operational toil, streamline incident response workflows, and improve system efficiency across critical operations teams. You will work on internal platforms used during live incidents, where speed, accuracy, and automation are key.

This is a hands-on engineering role in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment, requiring strong ownership and the ability to deliver full-stack solutions end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver full-stack features supporting Incident Management Tools
• Build automation to reduce manual toil and improve operational efficiency
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle:
  • Design
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Deployment
• Develop backend services and APIs using Java-based frameworks
• Build and enhance user-facing features using Vue.js (or similar frameworks)
• Own feature delivery end-to-end, including development and testing
• Participate in system design, code reviews, and agile ceremonies
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned to evolving priorities

Project Scope & Deliverables

This role will focus on developing features that improve incident response workflows and automation across internal systems, including:

Alerting & Escalation Automation

• Build systems to automatically escalate alerts when responses are delayed
• Integrate with on-call rotations and notification workflows

Workflow & UI Improvements

• Consolidate multiple paging systems into a single streamlined interface
• Enable real-time updates within incident workstreams and timelines

Data & System Integration

• Improve service ownership visibility through enhanced service directories
• Auto-populate team and group data using internal service integrations or historical data

Incident Automation & Efficiency

• Automate correlation of responders to incidents
• Build features to trigger notifications based on defined thresholds

Observability & Reporting Enhancements

• Integrate monitoring tools (e.g., dashboards, charts) into incident workflows
• Build audit logging capabilities to track actions taken during incidents

Operational Workflow Enhancements

• Improve tracking of post-incident processes and follow-ups
• Integrate automated call summaries and incident documentation tools

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Software Development Engineer (SDE II or higher) in a large-scale engineering environment
• Must be able to work onsite in Irvine, CA (5 days/week)
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong backend expertise in Java
• Full-stack experience with modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js preferred or similar)
• Experience building APIs, distributed systems, and scalable services
• Proven ability to own features end-to-end (design through testing and deployment)
• Comfortable working in complex, fast-paced, and evolving environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building internal tools, automation platforms, or operational systems
• Background in toil reduction, workflow automation, or operational efficiency improvements
• Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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