Senior Full Stack Developer

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In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.


Description of Task to be Performed:

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our growing Huntsville, Alabama work program. The selected candidate will support application design, development, integration, and modernization for a major federal transformation program. This senior role develops secure, scalable, cloud-ready solutions and works across the entire stack-front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud environments. The Full Stack Engineer collaborates with Product, DevSecOps, Cloud, Data, QA, and Migration teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities that meet federal performance, security, and compliance standards.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

Application & API Development

• Design, develop, and maintain front-end and back-end components for enterprise applications
• Build and optimize REST APIs, microservices, and system-to-system integrations
• Ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability across the full stack

Cloud-Ready Engineering

• Develop cloud-compatible services and applications (AWS preferred)
• Support deployment of pipelines, infrastructure integration, and CI/CD workflows
• Align application architecture with modernization and cloud migration requirement

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Leads, QA Automation Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and Data Engineers
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, technical design reviews, and demos
• Mentor mid-level engineers and support knowledge-sharing across teams Security, Performance & Compliance
• Implement secure coding practices, logging, auditing, and data-handling requirements
• Conduct performance tuning, optimization, and reliability improvements
• Ensure delivery aligns with federal security standards and program governance Testing & Quality Support
• Support automated testing and validation of application functionality and integrations
• Troubleshoot defects across the stack and coordinate with QA to resolve issues
• Validate readiness for release and major deployment events

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop technical design documents, API specifications, data flow diagrams, and code documentation
• Maintain full-stack engineering artifacts required for release, sustainment, and audits
• Provide status updates and technical insights to leadership and cross-functional teams

This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph.

This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely .

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in software engineering or full-stack development
• Experience developing both front-end and back-end solutions using modern frameworks
• Hands-on experience with APIs, microservices, relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, DevSecOps environments, and automated testing
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues across the entire stack
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Must be able to work full-time on-site at our customer location in Huntsville, Alabama.
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting federal government / national-security programs
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), or serverless frameworks
• Experience with performance engineering, load testing, or automated quality pipelines
• Knowledge of Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages used across full-stack systems

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
• Competitive Pay
• Generous paid leave and holiday package
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Life and AD&D Insurance

About AnaVation


AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.


If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!


AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.