Full Stack Developer

Guidehouse•San Antonio, TX

15d•$80,000 - $133,000

About The Position

The Full Stack Developer will collaborate with clients, digital leaders, solution architects, and technical and functional leads across Guidehouse digital teams and market segments to support client engagements, growth initiatives, and capability development. As a key member of a modernization team, the developer will help address technical challenges, deliver demonstrations, and build innovative solution prototypes using cloud architectures and modern software technologies. The role provides hands-on full-stack engineering for scalable, secure, distributed systems using modern programming languages, cloud-native and microservices architectures, containerization, and API-first design patterns. Working with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, and business analysts, the developer will design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient software products on AWS that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship and must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust, with approved adjudication required before onboarding. Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred. The role requires travel up to 10%. The annual salary range is $80,000 to $133,000, with compensation based on factors including skills, experience, training, clearances, licensure, certifications, and organizational needs. The position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.

Requirements

At least 4 years of relevant experience in full-stack application development.
Bachelor’s degree, or at least 8 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
At least 3 years of experience developing cloud applications to build and modernize applications and datasets on AWS.
Experience implementing frontend and backend services for cloud-native software products and solutions.
Proficiency in Python and JavaScript.
Experience with Django, or equivalent experience with Flask, FastAPI, Falcon, or SQLAlchemy.
Experience with Vue.js, or equivalent experience with React, Svelte, or Angular version 1.6 or higher.
Ability to work independently while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to solve complex technical problems.
Ability to develop software products and solution prototypes, use prototypes to validate technical strategies, and clearly communicate the trade-offs of complex design alternatives.
In-depth understanding of Agile and Scaled Agile practices and principles, with experience planning and implementing software products with agility.
Legal authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; approved adjudication is required before onboarding.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Developer certification.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
Experience with Flask, Docker, Amazon EKS/Kubernetes, AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Elasticsearch, caching frameworks, Redis, Memcached, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, and/or MongoDB NoSQL database services.
Familiarity with AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) and design patterns such as Model-View-Controller.
Ability to design and build cloud-based software products aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
Proficiency delivering cloud-based software products using modern CI/CD pipeline tooling.
Hands-on cloud software development or engineering experience building and deploying custom applications in AWS.
Ability to design, build, test, and deploy software products and solutions on AWS.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to understand customer requirements and engineer effective solutions.
Active Public Trust or suitability.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with clients, digital leaders, solution architects, and technical and functional leads across Guidehouse digital teams and market segments to support client engagements, growth initiatives, and capability development.
Help address technical challenges, deliver demonstrations, and build innovative solution prototypes as a member of the modernization team.
Provide hands-on full-stack engineering for scalable, secure, distributed systems using modern programming languages, cloud-native and microservices architectures, containerization, and API-first design patterns.
Work with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, and business analysts to design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient AWS software products.
Plan and implement software products using Agile and Scaled Agile practices.
Use prototypes to validate technical strategies and communicate trade-offs among complex design alternatives.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to deliver secure and operationally resilient cloud software products and solutions.

Benefits

Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
Personal and family sick time
Company-paid holidays
Parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Group term life insurance and travel assistance
Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
Health Savings Account
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and parking commuter benefits
Short-term and long-term disability
Tuition reimbursement
Personal development, certifications, and learning opportunities
Employee referral program
Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental benefits, including critical care, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, legal assistance, and identity theft protection
Potential discretionary variable incentive bonus