Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend Focus)

Quick Facts

• Role: Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend Focus)
• Clearance: Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) with polygraph (and U.S. citizenship required)

Description

Develop and optimize mission-critical data transformations and tools across multiple data formats, including text, JSON, XML, databases, and configuration files. Partner with analysts and customers to refine requirements, explore new datasets, and improve application and data-processing performance. Support and administer production servers and applications, contributing to server framework development.

Responsibilities

• Develop data transforms across text, JSON, XML, databases, and configuration files
• Gather feature requests and application requirements
• Explore unfamiliar datasets with analysts to define the right questions and approaches
• Develop and enhance tools to improve performance of application and data processing
• Manage and support mission-critical servers and applications; contribute to server framework development and system administration

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph
• U.S. citizenship required
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (additional 4 years of experience may substitute)
• 8–11 years of software development experience
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with Pandas or Polars
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Familiarity with Git and GitLab
• Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript and React (or another modern front-end framework)
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers and incorporating feedback
• Experience supporting applications and servers in production environments

Benefits

• Annual merit increases and performance-based bonuses
• 4 weeks paid time off (never “use or lose”), 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, and flexible work hours
• 80 hours of paid parental leave plus an $8,000 supplemental payment upon return from maternity
• Medical, dental, & vision; additional annual payout if medical benefits are waived
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Annual lifestyle bonus ($600) for gyms/fitness, new tech, or HSA
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability

Salary Range

$165,000–$225,000