Full Stack Software Engineer
insight globalMcLean (VA)
Full Stack Software Engineer
Posted 13 days ago
insight globalMcLean (VA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Contract/Perm: 6 month Contract to Hire
Location: Mclean, VA (onsite 2x/week)
Work Authorization: US Citizen only (must be eligible for TS/SCI down the road)
This person could potentially support two products: Cyber Range – (Colosseum) is an internal cybersecurity platform that allows our internal teams to quickly create and manage cyber testing and training environments through automation. The goal is to make cyber ranges "software-defined," meaning teams can spin up realistic environments for security exercises, threat simulations, and testing without manually building the infrastructure each time. Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform: SDE is a platform designed to automate how mission applications are provisioned, tested, and deployed across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments. The platform enables teams to model and simulate workloads, validate them, and then deploy them to target environments, including AI-enabled and edge computing systems.
Job Description:
We're looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our client's chief technology office engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. You'll focus on building our customer's Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate and deploy these systems. You'll be a self-starter, visionary, "10x-type" engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services. As a seasoned software engineer,, you'll leverage the latest architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions. You'll impart your skills to the team, as they utilize industry-leading tools and techniques to create impactful software designs. Your role involves shaping a new product from the ground up with genuine autonomy and ownership. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities, integrating agentic AI at their core. You will also implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing to ensure the quality and reliability of our systems.
Qualifications:
5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS5+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development 3+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure Cloud 3+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 5+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree
Nice to Have:
Skills Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenanceTS/SCI clearance Master's degreeAWS Certifications, such as Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate
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