Full Stack Developers

FULL STACK DEVELOPER — U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, CAEIO PROGRAM

Position details

• Location: Suitland, Maryland
• Schedule: Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite per week
• Employment: Full-time, permanent
• Base salary: $170,000–$190,000
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI required
• Start: Immediate start preferred
• Team: 2–3 developers reporting to a technical lead

The work

Develop secure, cloud-native applications from database schema through backend services and production user interfaces. Support an existing platform while building pilot solutions and custom MVPs. Work includes API development, dashboards, legacy data migration, authentication integration and deployment across AWS partitions and classification levels.

Core stack: Python/Django, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL/Aurora, AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD and Keycloak.

Required qualifications

• Active TS/SCI
• 5 years of hands-on development, or equivalent demonstrated capability
• Strong Python backend development using Django, FastAPI or equivalent, including async/ASGI and modern Python 3.13
• Production frontend development using React, Next.js or equivalent; must demonstrate complete applications, not only prototypes
• RESTful API design, Backend-for-Frontend patterns and schema validation, including Pydantic-driven validation
• PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, migrations and data loading
• AWS application deployment, operations and troubleshooting across classified partitions and regions
• Familiarity with EKS, Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC and KMS
• Terraform module development and maintenance
• Authentication integration using Keycloak, OIDC, SAML or CAC/PIV; understanding of JWT, role-based access control and secure token handling
• Secure development for STIG-hardened, FIPS-validated environments, including secrets management and least privilege
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Interpretation and remediation of SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM and container-scanning findings
• Daily AI-assisted development experience, with an understanding of tool limitations and applicable security requirements
• Strong ownership, communication, attention to detail and ability to work independently

Preferred qualifications

• RAG pipelines, LLM integration or embedding-based search
• Legacy application and data migration
• Kubernetes/EKS and Helm
• Hardened container supply chains and FIPS-validated image pipelines
• Practical application of NIST 800-53 controls
• Multi-classification or cross-partition deployments
• Intelligence community and DoD mission-system experience

Screen before submission

1. What is your current clearance level, and is your TS/SCI active?
2. Can you work onsite in Suitland 2–3 days weekly?
3. Is the $170,000–$190,000 base salary acceptable?
4. Describe a production application where you personally developed both the Python backend and React/Next.js frontend.
5. What classified AWS deployment, Terraform and authentication experience do you have?
6. What experience do you have resolving DevSecOps findings and using AI-assisted development tools?
7. What is your earliest start date?

Do not apply backend-only candidates without substantial production frontend experience, candidates without active TS/SCI, or candidates seeking fully remote work.

Join a high-impact federal technology program in Suitland, MD, where your skills will help develop secure, mission-critical applications supporting the U.S. government. Work with a talented development team using modern technologies including Python, Django, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL. This permanent opportunity offers a competitive salary of $150,000–$170,000, meaningful technical challenges, and a hybrid schedule (2–3 days onsite). An excellent opportunity for experienced Full Stack Developers with an active TS/SCI clearance who want to make a difference while advancing their careers.