Junior Full Stack Engineer

INDEX ANALYTICS LLC•Baltimore, MD

149d•$70,000 - $100,800•Remote

About The Position

Index Analytics, LLC is seeking a Junior Full Stack Developer to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based web applications across front-end, back-end, and database layers. The role works with senior engineers and cross-functional partners to translate business requirements into well-tested, user-focused features, build and integrate RESTful APIs, and implement data access patterns with relational databases. The engineer contributes throughout the software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, deployment, and production support, while following clean-code, security, and privacy practices. The position also involves collaborating on AWS deployments, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code updates, and monitoring and troubleshooting with standard tools. The successful candidate will work with infrastructure, application, analytics, and platform teams in an Agile environment and receive guidance from senior engineers. Index Analytics is a Baltimore-based small business providing health-related consulting services to the federal government. The company describes its culture as supportive and collegial, with a focus on employee experience, career development, and educational opportunities.

Requirements

At least four years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, or a master's degree with at least two years of experience.
Four years of specialized experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree; advanced certifications may be used to substitute for experience.
Strong experience with SQL and Python.
Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with analytics, application, and platform teams in an Agile environment.
Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the United States and have lived in the United States for three of the last five years.
Must be able to obtain a U.S. federal government client badge and pass a government Public Trust.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, including secure development, access controls, and auditability.
Prior experience with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or other government agencies.

Responsibilities

Support the design, development, testing, and maintenance of full-stack web applications across front-end, back-end, and database layers.
Participate in the software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support, with mentorship from senior engineers.
Develop and consume RESTful APIs to integrate applications and enterprise systems under guidance.
Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to deploy and support applications in AWS.
Implement application features that read and write data to relational databases such as PostgreSQL/Aurora and integrate with AWS services such as S3, Secrets Manager, and SSM, following team patterns.
Monitor and troubleshoot application and integration issues in development and production environments, and document root causes and remediation steps.
Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates for infrastructure, application, and database changes promoted through CI/CD pipelines.
Support CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins by updating build steps, reviewing logs, and helping resolve failed deployments.
Follow CMS security, privacy, and DevSecOps requirements by implementing secure coding practices and completing required documentation and reviews.
Triage operational issues using monitoring and analysis tools such as AWS CloudWatch and Splunk, and escalate appropriately.
Assist with security vulnerability remediation by applying application dependency patches and updates and supporting infrastructure changes under guidance.