Full Stack Software Developer

• Location: Chantilly, Virginia
• Type: Contract
• Job #3454

Participates in development efforts to deliver a complete software solution. This position is for work across the cloud-based software development lifecycle (front end, back end, database, cloud deployment and orchestration, etc.). Design and implement all levels of the solution: data layer, application code, user interface. Design and deliver APIs and integrations with other software systems and databases. Architect for optimal use of enterprise infrastructure (cloud) and security requirements. Experience in the following: Delivering the design and development of software applications. Programming/coding from the data layer through the application layer, through the user interface. Decomposing functional requirements into technical specifications and tasks. Software development frameworks and languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Python, etc. and data management tools such as SQL and XML. Developing and maintaining unit test scripts. Developing APIs and web services for integration between systems and data sets.
Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the Chief Engineer and Technical Leads to translate requirements into user stories to incorporate new functionality into various software applications
• Develop custom data processing functions and applications using data libraries in languages such as Python
• Interface with numerous front-end frameworks in order to display and interact with data in various formats
• Containerizing Java and Python microservices and deploying to an AWS cloud environment
• Develop and/or integrate with Infrastructure as Code DevOps tools to support cloud orchestration of software components
• Leverage AWS best practices to optimize code for cloud deployment with cost-conscious development and deployment strategies.
• Experience developing web APIs to interface with cloud applications and databases as part of cloud native software applications
• Experience working as part of an agile team to deliver software iteratively
• Experience working with open-source Python libraries and packages to speed to software development lifecycle
• Build automated testing frameworks and security scanning and integrating these tools into the CI/CD pipeline

Required Skills:

• Design and development of software solutions at one or more layers of the technical stack (data, application, UI)
• Programming languages, particularly Python, Java, Javascript, TypeScript, SQL
• Cloud application and data deployment in AWS (EMR, EKS, ECR, RDS, etc.)
• DevOps tools and services (Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Packer, etc.)
• Integration with applications and data across a platform (e.g. APIs)
• Developing software within Agile methodologies