Senior Full Stack Engineer

Reston, Virginia100% RemoteContractJob Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer
Job Location: 100% RemoteJob Duration: Contract through the end of the year with possible extensionsProfile: Must have strong JavaScriptES6 and AWS serverless development.JOB DESCRIPTION:
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, candidate will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects and closely adhering to deadlines. Candidates will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. Candidate will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members and are professional and meet expectations.
The Client – a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to providing excellence and equity in education – manages a complex and comprehensive suite of data systems, data feeds and reports to support students and educators across multiple assessments, programs and services. Working within the Information Technology division and across the operations and key business units, the Senior Full Stack Engineer will analyze procedures, and design and implement solutions to attain high data quality and process automation. The Senior Full Stack Engineer will design, develop and implement solutions, based on a set of standards and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization’s goals and objectives.
The ideal candidate will have designed, developed and implemented serverless software solutions in support of data quality and automation. The candidate will also possess technical skills and experience in the data management domain that will help their ability to design and develop elegant and efficient data processes and systems.Required Skills:Minimum 7 years of professional software development experienceStrong hands-on experience building full-stack applications with Node.js and React.js in a cloud environmentDeep working knowledge of AWS serverless architecture (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, Kinesis, RDS)Experience with both relational and NoSQL databasesDesign and development experience building and monitoring microservicesHands-on CI/CD experience (Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline)Strong fundamentals in OO design and computer science principlesWorking knowledge of distributed architectural design patternsKnowledge of systems analysis/design (OOAD, UML) and database designSolid grasp of SDLC and modern software engineering practicesPreferred Skills:Experience with event-driven architecture and stream processing patternsExposure to agentic AI / LLM-based tooling (e.g., Claude, Copilot, LangChain, or similar) for development acceleration or automationExperience with infrastructure as code (AWS CloudFormation, CDK, or similar)Fluency with KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPCExperience with GitHub-based CI/CD workflowsBackground in high-frequency data monitoring or toolingAgile/Scrum team experience with a collaborative, team-first mindsetAdditional language exposure (Java, Python) is a bonus, not a substitute for React/Node depthRelevant AWS or professional certificationsYou will receive the following benefits:Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your familyDental & Orthodontia BenefitsVision BenefitsHealth Savings Account (HSA)Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending AccountsVoluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability InsuranceHospital Indemnity Insurance401(k) including match with pre and post-tax optionsPaid Sick Time LeaveLegal and Identity Protection PlansPre-tax Commuter Benefit529 College Saver PlanMotion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.