Senior Full Stack Engineer

Overview

Position: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Location: Reston, VA or Remote
Duration: 1+ year
Mode: Long term Contract
Visa candidates accepted? YES
Remote-only candidates accepted? YES - no further than CST (beyond this area, we struggle with business hours/availability)

Team: This team is working on external user-facing products/programs – both new and redesign of legacy applications into modern AWS-based React/Node applications. Most dev teams work in a poly-skilled manner, focusing on automation and improving frameworks for testing in addition to core development. The hiring manager is looking for highly motivated senior engineers with solid communication skills who can operate with minimal guidance, hit the ground running, and are comfortable engaging with their teams remotely.

Profile: Must have strong JavaScript/ES6 and AWS serverless development

Process: Verification of , must be on computer audio-video. Initial .5 video session followed by a technical panel (est. 1.5 hours tech/team with whiteboarding), remote onboarding, verification, and remote start. Log in at 8:45 for orientation & 9:00 start time.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, the candidate will be responsible for complex software development including coding, managing small sections of ongoing projects, and closely adhering to deadlines. The candidate will also take responsibility for creating design specifications, unit testing, and preparing technical documentation. The candidate will ensure relationships with customers and cross-team members are professional and meet expectations.

The *** – 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.

• Develop full stack solutions using Node.js in a Cloud-based environment (AWS)
• Design, develop and implement serverless software solutions to support data quality and automation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze procedures and design solutions
• Create design specifications, unit tests, and technical documentation
• Engage with customers and cross-team members professionally and meet expectations

• Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience with software development
• Strong and evolving competence in several programming languages and technologies
• Experience developing full stack solutions using Node.js in a cloud-based environment
• Strong working knowledge of React.js
• Experience with relational databases and No
  
  SQL databases
• Technical skills and experience in the virtual infrastructure domain, specifically AWS
• Design and development experience in building and monitoring microservices
• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins / AWS Code Pipeline
• Fundamentals in OO and computer science principles
• Knowledge of distributed architectural design patterns
• Knowledge of systems analysis and design (OOAD and UML) and database design
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and modern software engineering practices

• Strong analytical skills and ability to develop tools for monitoring high-frequency data services
• Experience working on Agile teams with a collaborative mindset
• Experience with AWS cloud-supported programming languages like Java, React.js, Angular
  
  JS or Python
• Ability to use KMS, ALB/ELB, Route 53, VPC, CDK
• Fluency with CI/CD toolsets such as Cloud Formation, Git Hub
• Experience building infrastructure as code using AWS Cloud Formation or similar scripting techniques
• Willingness to learn new things

• Bachelor’s degree and/or other advanced degree
• Relevant AWS or other professional certifications