Security Clearance: Active Top Secret w/ ability to pass a CI Polygraph
Location: Quantico, Virginia
Job Type: Full-Time
Target Salary Range*: $100,000 - $130,000.
- This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary.
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer to join our team in Quantico, VA. The ideal candidate brings strong full-stack development experience, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a mission-focused environment. This role requires someone who communicates effectively, maintains high standards of code quality, and demonstrates an ownership mindset—taking features from concept to delivery and ongoing support.
Qualifications
- Proficiency with code-quality tooling (linting, formatting), code reviews, and documentation.
- Ability to write maintainable, testable code (e.g., pytest) and troubleshoot production issues.
- Experience building and maintaining REST APIs (FastAPI or Django preferred).
- Strong API design fundamentals (pagination, filtering, versioning, error handling, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation).
- Experience integrating front-end applications with APIs (auth flows, forms, error and loading states).
- Understanding of state management and modern React patterns (hooks, context, etc.).
- Ability to translate requirements into wireframes and user flows (Figma or similar tools).
- Experience using Docker for local development and deployments.
- Ownership mindset: ability to take a feature from idea -> implementation -> delivery -> support.
Education
- A Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience are required; however, an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for the degree.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years (degree substitution allowed)
- 3–5 years of JavaScript experience, specifically with React
- 3–5 years of Python experience
- 3–5 years of HTML/CSS experience
- Familiarity with AWS cloud environments