Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
*Job Type:* Long-Term Contract
*Work Location:* Reston, VA
*Work Arrangement:* Onsite/Hybrid – details to be discussed
About the Role:
We are seeking a *Senior Full Stack Software Engineer* to join an Agile engineering team building next-generation applications on a modern *AWS serverless platform*.
The ideal candidate will have strong full-stack development experience across *Node.js, React.js, JavaScript, AWS serverless technologies, automated testing, and cloud-based application development*. This role will contribute to building scalable applications, continuous integration and testing environments, test-data generation tools, automated end-to-end testing, and systems for collecting telemetry and data-integrity information.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with software, product, design, and technical teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Design, develop, test, release, and maintain backend services, frontend applications, and cloud infrastructure.
- Build and maintain applications using AWS serverless technologies.
- Develop and support continuous integration and automated testing environments.
- Develop tools and platforms for test-data generation.
- Design and execute chaos testing and automated end-to-end testing.
- Build systems for collecting telemetry and monitoring application/data integrity.
- Develop automated API integration testing solutions.
- Contribute as a technical member of an Agile engineering team.
- Participate in testing, production support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities.
- Work across multiple technical areas while maintaining a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and quality.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required; a degree in an analytical or technical field is preferred.
- *5–7+ years of professional software development experience.*
- Strong hands-on experience with *Node.js* and *JavaScript/ES6*.
- Strong experience with *React.js* and modern frontend development.
- Hands-on experience with *AWS* cloud services and serverless application development.
- Experience with AWS services such as:
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon S3
- Amazon SNS/SQS
- Experience with relational databases such as *PostgreSQL* and/or NoSQL databases such as *DynamoDB*.
- Experience developing highly scalable software applications.
- Experience working on Agile engineering teams.
- Experience with automated browser/end-to-end testing.
- Experience with automated API integration testing.
Preferred Skills:
- AWS Certified – Associate level or higher.
- Experience with continuous integration and automated testing environments.
- Experience with chaos testing and reliability engineering.
- Experience with telemetry, monitoring, and data-integrity solutions.
- Ability to contribute across development, testing, and production support.
- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
- Strong understanding of software libraries, frameworks, and underlying code.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments in a cross-functional environment.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.
- Strong interest in continuous learning and improvement.
- Ability to understand broader technical and business objectives.
Technology Stack
*Cloud:* AWS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SNS/SQS
*Backend:* Node.js, JavaScript/ES6
*Frontend:* React.js
*Databases:* PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
*Testing:* Automated E2E Testing, API Integration Testing, Chaos Testing
*Engineering:* Serverless Architecture, CI/CD, Agile Development, Telemetry & Monitoring
Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Reston, VA 20190