Full Stack Developer

The Role

Develop secure, cloud-native applications supporting the CAEIO program, from database schema and backend services through production user interfaces. This full-time, permanent opportunity is based in Suitland, Maryland, with 2–3 days on-site per week. Active TS/SCI is required, and an immediate start is preferred. Support an existing platform while building pilot solutions and custom MVPs across AWS partitions and classification levels.

Why This Role

• Build APIs, dashboards, and production user interfaces; support legacy data migration, authentication integration, and application deployment
• Work across Python/Django, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL/Aurora, AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and Keycloak
• Join a team of 2–3 developers reporting to a technical lead
• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot secure applications across AWS partitions, regions, and classification levels
• Own delivery with strong communication, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently

What You Bring

• Active TS/SCI required
• 5+ years of hands-on development experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability
• Strong Python backend development using Django, FastAPI, or equivalent, including async/ASGI and modern Python 3.13+
• Production frontend development using React, Next.js, or equivalent; demonstrate complete applications, not only prototypes
• RESTful API design, Backend-for-Frontend patterns, and schema validation, including Pydantic-driven validation
• PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, migrations, and data loading
• AWS application deployment, operations, and troubleshooting across classified partitions and regions; familiarity with EKS, Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC, and KMS
• Terraform module development and maintenance
• Authentication integration using Keycloak, OIDC, SAML, or CAC/PIV; understanding of JWT, role-based access control, and secure token handling
• Secure development for STIG-hardened, FIPS-validated environments, including secrets management and least privilege
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Interpretation and remediation of SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM, and container-scanning findings
• Daily AI-assisted development experience, with an understanding of tool limitations and applicable security requirements
• Strong ownership, communication, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
• Available for a hybrid schedule in Suitland, MD, with 2–3 days on-site per week; immediate start preferred
• Preferred: RAG pipelines, LLM integration, or embedding-based search; legacy application and data migration
• Preferred: Kubernetes/EKS and Helm; hardened container supply chains and FIPS-validated image pipelines
• Preferred: practical application of NIST 800-53 controls; multi-classification or cross-partition deployments
• Preferred: intelligence community and DoD mission-system experience