Application Developer I

About LSI

LSI is an employee-owned company that employs dynamic teams of professionals people with the finest technical expertise a level of passionate creativity and a truly visionary outlook who deliver innovative training solutions that exceed our customers expectations. Everyone at LSI has a personal stake in our success. LSI has over 400 training support experts engineers and craftsmen on staff who develop state-of-the-art high-fidelity training devices complex computer-based highly interactive distributed learning products and comprehensive dynamic technical publications. LSI employee-owners collaborate to deliver training products and services for a myriad of programs and customers using leading-edge technology and proven processes.

Mission

Our mission is to prepare our military and allies to be battle-ready through cutting-edge training products and services.

Vision

Our vision is to be the premier provider of military training solutions renowned for our innovation and excellence. Through employee-ownership and teamwork we will shape a future where every military service member is equipped to succeed in their mission.

Guiding Principles

ESOP Sustainability: We do everything within our control to meet project budgets and schedules so our ESOP prospers.

Take Ownership: Each Employee-Owner takes ownership at the individual level for their words actions and results. Individual ownership breeds accountability. Accountability breeds trust. When we hold ourselves accountable and trust our fellow employee-owners to do the same we realize success.

Clear Communication: We project confidence in our communication using unambiguous language and providing clear purpose and direction.

Pursuit of Excellence: We aggressively pursue continuous improvement both as teams and individual employee-owners. We strive to get better every day. There is no room for mediocrity.

Pride in Our Work: We know the value of our work and are proud of what we produce.

Customer Focus: Customers are both internal and external and we strive to give both our best efforts.

Assume Positive Intent: Assume others are well-intentioned in their actions and seek additional information about the circumstances to help solve problems. Assuming positive intent in all interactions is the key to building strong teams and working together to solve problems.

One Voice: Every Employee-Owner is expected to speak up if they have an idea for improvement or if they disagree with a potential course of action. Once a decision is made the entire team commits to it and moves forward with one voice.

Apply: Range: $58K-$78K Annually

General Summary

The Application Developer I position is an entrylevel software development role responsible for supporting debugging maintaining and enhancing internal and customerfacing applications under the guidance of senior developers.

Essential Job Functions

Provides technical support for internal users and testers for all Application Development Team (ADT) built software.

Develops tests debugs and maintains software applications and components.

Implements new features and enhancements per technical specifications.

Documents technical specifications and testing results.

Supports front-end and back-end integration using APIs and data services.

Collaborates with team members to implement solutions and resolve issues.

Conducts unit and integration testing to ensure quality and stability.

Troubleshoots and debugs application issues following established processes.

Participates in code reviews to maintain standards and improve code quality.

Stays current with trends in the Microsoft development ecosystem.

Safely handles government-furnished equipment and materials.

Works a standard weekly schedule of 40 hours with overtime as required.

Perform additional duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Possesses sound analytical and problem-solving skills.

Basic understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) including concepts like requirements gathering design implementation testing and deployment.

Basic understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts (e.g. encapsulation inheritance polymorphism) and familiarity with common design patterns.

Educational experience with one or more modern programming languages (such as C# Java Python or JavaScript) and familiarity with one or more common frameworks (like MVC Blazor Maui React or Angular).

Foundational knowledge of the complete application development stack including how front-end web clients communicate with back-end servers via APIs.

Familiarity with web technologies like HTML CSS and JavaScript.

Basic knowledge of database systems such as Microsoft SQL Server or similar database systems query languages.

Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Ability to work under close supervision.

Must be capable of safely handling government-furnished equipment and materials.

Must be available to work a standard weekly schedule with overtime as required.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

A bachelors degree in computer science software engineering programming or a closely related field from an accredited college or university; or

An associate degree plus two (2) years of experience; or

A high school diploma plus four (4) years of experience; or

Completion of a recognized coding bootcamp or technical training program in software development plus one of the following:

- At least one (1) year of relevant experience.
- An associate degree or higher in any field.

To be considered the applicant must be ready to review their past involvement on at least two major software features regardless of technologies used where the applicant contributed a significant portion of the code. This will include a technical analysis of the personally written code detailing the specific problem it solved the decisions made during implementation and a clear justification for why that particular approach was chosen to achieve the projects goals.