Full-Stack Developer, Data Platforms and Backend Services

Full-Stack Developer, Data Platforms and Backend Services

This position is fully funded and ready for impact.

Location: Columbia, MD
Telework: N/A
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Salary Range: $130,000 to $160,000

At Shadow Strategies, you will join a culture defined by innovation, purpose, and meaningful impact. We seek engineers who turn complex data problems into clear, reliable capability. If you are inspired by complexity, motivated by clarity, and committed to excellence, we invite you to become part of something exceptional.

This role focuses on building secure, scalable services that make complex relational datasets accessible and searchable. You will help design and maintain repeatable pipelines to ingest, parse, search, and present custom datasets. The stack includes React, Elastic Stack, and NodeJS, with an emphasis on backend services that power a responsive user experience.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain backend services that support data ingest, transformation, search, and display

• Integrate Elastic-based search capabilities and optimize for performance and relevance

• Collaborate with front-end engineers to deliver a cohesive, responsive user experience

• Establish repeatable patterns for data workflows across multiple applications

• Contribute to code quality, observability, and secure development practices

Required Skills

• Elastic

• JavaScript with NodeJS

• Apache NiFi

Desired Skills

• Human-computer interaction concepts

• Kubernetes

• Git workflows

• CI and CD practices

Years of Experience and Degree Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 7 years of experience

• OR 11 years of experience without a degree

Why Shadow
You will work in a mission-focused environment where clarity, reliability, and craft matter. Engineers at Shadow help shape how people find and use data, and how systems perform under real-world conditions.

What Comes With It
You will have what you need to do your best work:

• Fully covered health insurance for medical, dental, and vision

• Paid parental leave: 16 weeks if you give birth, 4 weeks if your partner does

• Flexible leave: 36 days total each year, including 25 days of PTO and 11 paid holidays

• 401(k) for your future

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Annual health stipend if you opt out of our insurance

The Extras? They’re Built In.
No points systems. No bean bags. Just clarity, autonomy, and a mission that matters.

Elite talent deserves elite support. Our benefits empower you to excel professionally and personally, recognizing your value through comprehensive health coverage, disability protection, and meaningful well-being initiatives. By investing in you, we ensure you have the tools, resources, and support you need to thrive—inside and outside of work. 

See our benefit plan here: https://www.shadowstrategies.io/benefits 

Shadow Strategies is committed to providing an environment where all individuals are treated with respect and fairness. We embrace individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.  

Our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, and compensation. We do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.  
 

Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Salary : $130,000 - $160,000