Senior Full-Stack Cloud Developer

Role Description

Design, develop, and test full‑stack components, including enterprise web service APIs, backend services, and user interfaces that consume REST APIs.

• Collaborate with product management to translate requirements into technical designs and provide accurate estimates.
• Build internal and external interfaces using Microservices and automation patterns as part of a complete system modernization.
• Define, implement, and maintain automated unit and integration tests.
• Develop high‑quality, production‑ready code in short, iterative increments.
• Work closely with engineering, QA, and Systems teams to improve and manage the development pipeline.
• Contribute across the full stack design, development, and testing leveraging a cloud technology platform (GCP or similar) and industry‑standard tools, frameworks, and design patterns.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and structured knowledge‑sharing.
• Participate in solution architecture discussions, contributing to long‑term modernization strategy and technology selection.
• Act as a senior technical point‑of‑contact for cross‑functional stakeholders, helping bridge product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Identify system bottlenecks, architectural gaps, and improvement opportunities across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree or additional Four (4) years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience.
• Expertise in enterprise software design, implementation, and deployment.
• Proficiency with JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Strong programming experience in Java, including Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
• Experience working in a Scrum‑based development environment.
• Hands‑on experience with tools such as JIRA, Bamboo or Jenkins, Bitbucket (Git), and Confluence.
• Proficiency with JSON, YAML, and XML.
• Experience developing distributed, modular system architectures (Microservices, SOA).
• Strong understanding of modern cloud networking concepts and enterprise security best practices, including GCP‑native security controls and SAST/DAST methodologies, or similar cloud environments.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Cloud development experience.
• Familiarity with web accessibility standards.
• Experience using Postman or similar tools to test web services.
• Experience with application servers or containers such as JBoss or Tomcat.
• Extensive experience with continuous integration and deployment tools.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL data stores.

Requirements

• Must be US Citizen.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus