Senior Full Stack Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Design and sustain web-based applications and systems utilizing contemporary technologies.

• Create solutions within small, feature-oriented teams.

• Guide team members and junior/mid-level developers through mentorship.

• Collaborate with data scientists, DevSecOps engineers, product designers, and other personnel.

• Actively participate in the Agile development methodology.

• Conduct code reviews and provide insightful feedback to uphold codebase and product standards.

• Engage with both front-end and back-end systems, including React and Express.js services.

• Outline database migrations, craft queries, mutations, and resolvers, and link backend services to external APIs.

• Create solutions for clients within the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and the national security sector.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen eligible for a DoD Secret clearance.

• Associate's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and/or equivalent experience in the industry as a Software Engineer.

• Strong foundational programming skills.

• Understanding of SOLID design principles.

• Ability to quickly read and comprehend unfamiliar code.

• Capability to produce high-quality, readable code and tests.

• Senior-level expertise in React frontend application development, encompassing functional components, hooks, state management, component and rendering lifecycles, CSS-in-JS styling, and component-driven development.

• Senior-level proficiency with Express.js, GraphQL, REST, and at least one ORM (Drizzle, TypeORM, Knex, or Sequelize).

• Comfortable with defining database migrations, writing queries, mutations, and resolvers, and connecting Express.js services to external APIs.

• Senior-level experience with TypeScript, including utility types, interfaces, and understanding compile-time versus runtime typing.

• Proficiency in Git VCS and GitFlow, covering branching, merging, release candidates, and hotfixes.

• Capability to conduct comprehensive code reviews and mentor junior and mid-level developers.

• Active Secret clearance is a plus.

• Residing in or willing to relocate to the DC area and work in a hybrid on-site capacity is optional.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Agile methodologies, especially Scrum.

• Preferred: Acquaintance with real-time geospatial data visualization and streaming technologies.

• Preferred: Extensive knowledge of PostgreSQL and PostGIS.

• Preferred: Experience in Spectrum or RF engineering, undergraduate-level physics, or a demonstrated ability to quickly grasp complex technical subjects.

• Preferred: Experience working with product design teams, data scientists/engineers, ISSOs, and government stakeholders.

• Preferred: AWS Cloud Developer-level experience, including CI/CD, containers, networking, managed services, and high-security production environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401k matching.

• PPO and HDHP medical/dental/vision insurance.

• Education reimbursement.

• Complimentary life insurance.

• Generous PTO and holiday leave.

• Onsite office gym access.

• Commuter Benefits Plan.