Full Stack Software Engineer (Go / JavaScript / Python)

Business Unit:Cubic DefenseCompany Details:When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.Job Details:Are you a Full Stack Software Engineer with a passion for solving complex problems in a collaborative, Agile environment? You’ll join an integrated product team to develop high-quality application software across our product suite, deployed to hybrid cloud environments, working closely with talented engineers to design, build, and refine solutions that make a real impact. If you’re skilled across Go, JavaScript, and Python, adaptable across the full stack, and enjoy owning features end-to-end with a focus on quality, efficiency, and innovation, we’d love to have you on our team.This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Ashburn, VA, with minimal travel (0–10%).Essential Functions:Collaborate with Agile team members to design, develop, test, and implement secure, high-quality full stack solutions.Capture and review functional requirements; participate in architectural design and code reviews.Build and ship features end-to-end across our web applications — front-end (React), backend services (Go and Node.js), and the data layer (MySQL and MongoDB).Develop and extend our Go automation agent that configures, tests, and validates devices, including real-time data flows over MQTT.Contribute ideas and improvements to the team’s development practices and tooling, and share knowledge across the team.Minimum Qualifications:Technical Expertise: Strong programming fundamentals with proficiency across multiple languages — we work primarily in Go, JavaScript/Node.js, and Python — and the adaptability to pick up new frameworks, tools, and datastores as our stack evolves. Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional design.Linux, Distributed Systems & Device Automation: Hands-on experience developing, debugging, and optimizing Linux-based distributed systems, including writing Go services that interact with hardware or networked devices to configure, test, and collect data from them.Full-Stack Web & Cloud: Experience building RESTful web services, working with relational and/or document databases (we use MySQL and MongoDB), and building modern, responsive front-ends (our primary UI is React), deployed to AWS cloud services (ECS, EKS, RDS, API Gateway).Testing: Experience building automated testing into the development process, including unit and integration tests for backend services and end-to-end tests for web applications (we use Ginkgo, Cypress, and Postman).5+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree, or equivalent experience.Ability to obtain a security clearancePreferred Qualifications:Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch).Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (Docker, Terraform, CodePipeline).Experience with AWS GovCloud for building secure, compliant solutions in regulated environments (e.g. defense).Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch) and AI-assisted development tools.Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration abilities.‎ Cubic Pay Range:$131,000.00 - $170,000.00 + benefits.‎ The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.‎ ‎ Worker Type:Employee‎ We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.SummaryLocation: Ashburn, VirginiaType: Full time