Senior Full Stack Developer

Axle•Rockville, MD

About The Position

Axle Informatics is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations around the globe. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with premier research organizations and facilities including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other public and private organizations. Axle is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer to work with a number of different clients across the federal space, including the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). You will be working with a diverse team of full-stack developers, cloud engineers, and subject matter experts to design and build NCATS Notebooks Hub, a cloud-native solution for managing and enabling data analysis and data exploration through interactive developer environments (IDEs) and custom-built dashboarding and visualization applications. Our pipeline utilizes modern containerization and container orchestration tools in a cloud-based platform.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics or other related field (years of work experience will be considered in lieu of degree)
3+ years experience working with TypeScript/JavaScript
3+ years experience as a full-stack developer
Experience with Jupyter notebooks and open-source application and dashboard projects (i.e., Shiny, Streamlit, Solara, etc...)
Experience with the following: Node.js Angular 19+ NoSQL databases (MongoDB) Containers and container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes) DevOps tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) Familiarity with VCS such as Git
Experience with unit and end-to-end testing frameworks
Experience with using and leveraging GenAI technologies (i.e., CursorAI, Cline, Windsurf)
Critical thinking, problem solving, and attention to detail
Clear, concise communication
Technical writing ability
Familiarity working in an Agile environment
Attention to detail when building visually appealing and intuitive UI

Responsibilities

Build scalable, reliable, and flexible applications in TypeScript using NodeJS and Angular 9+
Design, implement, and/or use RESTful web services
Implement modern and responsive UI for the web and variety of devices
Participate in agile software development, prototyping, testing, and code reviews with a small team of developers
Write robust unit and end-to-end tests