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David Careers

Lead Full Stack Engineer- Secret Clearance Required

Posted 7 days ago

navstarArlington (VA)
Software DevelopersComputer Systems Design Services

SENIORITY

Lead

SALARY

$170,000 per year

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About the role

Lead Full Stack Engineer
Security Clearance: Secret clearance required
Citizenship: US Citizenship required
On-Site Requirement: 1-2 days per week at Pentagon/Arlington, VASherpa 6 is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Lead Full Stack Engineer to join our team. We build mission critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other commercial customers. We're looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer who is familiar developing web applications using React, Node.js and Postgres and who are comfortable with the responsibility of overseeing a cross-functional team. You'll work closely with the Product Owner to lead the development of a full stack web application, in their vision. This project is built using a modern stack and is a new codebase with plenty of opportunity to influence the design and architecture.
Responsibilities:
  • Serve as the tech lead for a product squad-own technical direction, estimation, sprint planning, and on-time delivery of features
  • Implement scalable, secure, and observable system architectures (APIs, services, data models, caching, integrations)
  • Build high-quality front-end experiences in React and robust back-end services in Node.js/TypeScript, backed by PostgreSQLModel schemas, write performant SQL, tune queries, and manage migrations with an eye toward data integrity and growth
  • Code and test software based upon software specifications and designs
  • Analyze and study complex system requirements
  • Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain software development
  • Use sound software engineering principles to ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault tolerant
  • Provide software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process
Requirements:
  • 6-10+ years of professional software engineering; 2+ years functioning as a team or project tech lead
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • Active Secret security clearance
  • Experience with asynchronous programming, observables, and data structuring
  • Node.js/TypeScript building REST APIs, solid understanding of concurrency, async patterns, and API design
  • Experience with application state management strategies
  • Solid understanding of HTML and CSS, including responsive design principles, CSS preprocessors and knowledge of UI frameworks
  • Capable of developing full stack web applications following design team specifications
  • Familiarity with front and backend build tools and package managers
  • Strong team player who thrives in a highly collaborative and cross-function environment with a growth mindset
  • Development processes: source control, defect tracking, collaborative tools, code review a plus
  • Capable of conducting peer reviews
  • Capable of decomposing software requirements into actionable development capabilities
  • Excellent Communicator, both written and verbal
  • Qualities of Exceptional Candidates:
  • Proven capacity to design scalable and maintainable solutions and patterns
  • Experience in analyzing and employing strategies that optimize user experience, data retrieval and storage, and performance
  • Experience with scripting in Linux and Windows environments
  • Experience with encryption and cryptography algorithms
  • Experience with Scrum or another agile methodology
About Sherpa 6:At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way. Background Screening/Check/Investigation: Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.
ADA: Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.EEO/AA: Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Benefits: We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.
Salary Range: The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications. Salary Description $170,000-190,000

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