What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Full Stack Software Engineer position at Haystack?
A world-leading national security company is seeking a passionate and driven Junior Full Stack Software Engineer to join their team. This organization drives critical missions globally, delivering highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect nations and allies, and solving the most daunting challenges facing essential government agencies.
The Role
The Role
- Join a cross-functional Scrum team to build mission-focused software in an Agile DevSecOps environment.
- Contribute to full-stack features, from design and development to testing and integration across front-end and back-end services.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.
- Support DevSecOps workflows by utilizing Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.
- Automate testing by creating unit and integration tests, as well as simple scripts to enhance quality and repeatability.
- Assist senior engineers in modernizing legacy components and migrating to contemporary stacks and microservices.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 2 years of experience OR a Master's degree (additional 4 years of experience considered in lieu of degree).
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required.
- Coursework or hands-on experience in Java (Spring/Spring Boot), Python (FastAPI or Flask), or JavaScript/TypeScript (React/Angular).
- Foundational understanding of REST/JSON, basic Git usage, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and Docker.
- Experience or coursework with AWS services (EC2, S3) and database technologies like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or DocumentDB.
- Familiarity with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit or Pytest.
- Opportunity to contribute to critical national security programs.
- Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage, including for dependents.
- Generous paid time off, accruing 25 days annually.
- Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
Salary : $80,000 - $128,000