Software Engineer (Full Stack Focus)

Bitwise • Fort Meade, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Bitwise is a leading provider of mission-focused intelligence solutions that advance national security for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. We're a small and growing company, so you can expect to hop in on the ground floor with us and be a consequential member of the team. You'll be more than a contract performer for us — you'll also be asked for ideas to improve our company and improve your career, and you'll contribute to our team culture. We value growth and community above almost all else, so we gather regularly for game nights, happy hours, tech talks, and plenty more. We think you'll like it here! Remember, Bitwise is not a cult. We're looking for a high-caliber full-stack engineer to join a fast-moving team that thrives on rapid development and deployment. This role is all about agility — you'll be expected to react quickly to emergent mission opportunities, designing and deploying new capabilities under tight timeframes. If you're energized by meaningful work, love owning the full stack, and want your contributions to directly accelerate mission success, this one's for you. You'll provide end-to-end support to a cross-functional team, building and automating critical solutions across the entire software stack — user interfaces, middleware, databases, analytics, and cloud architectures. You'll collaborate closely with teammates and mission partners to modernize legacy infrastructure while scaling capabilities for the future. You'll also get to leverage cutting-edge AI-assisted development tools to boost your velocity and deliver actionable insights faster than ever.

Requirements

• An active TS//SCI clearance with polygraph is required for this role
• 12 years of software development experience, or 16 years in lieu of a B.S. in a technical discipline
• Experience with successful software development on NSANet, with demonstrated familiarity with environment ecosystems such as MACHINESHOP, C2S, or GHOSTMACHINE
• Production-grade software development experience in Python and JavaScript to build robust, full-stack architectures
• Demonstrated experience developing user interfaces, REST middleware, databases, and analytics within a cross-functional team framework
• Strong collaborative development skills with a track record of effective teamwork and communication
• Familiarity with git-based version control systems and continuous integration pipelines

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within CNO environments, specifically with TURBINE/ASGARD or other automation platforms, and past CNE exposure
• Experience using and customizing AI-assisted development tools — including Claude Code, Codex, and Opencode — through advanced configurations such as Skills and Memory
• Familiarity with modern UI libraries (React, Angular, Vue) and cloud-based hosting environments like AWS
• Experience with infrastructure expansion and deployment utilizing tools such as C2S, HCI, Docker, Nginx, and GitLab CI/CD

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end full-stack solutions — including user interfaces, REST middleware, databases, and analytics — in direct support of the team's mission
• Automate new opportunities and capabilities that can be seamlessly leveraged by the team and its partners
• Maintain and update existing front-end interfaces using JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, and jQuery, while preparing to migrate future front-ends to modern UI libraries like React, Angular, or Vue
• Optimize existing backends built in Python, Asyncio, and Pandas, and perform occasional updates to legacy Java Map/Reduce and GHOSTMACHINE analytics
• Manage and deploy services within existing infrastructure environments using MACHINESHOP, Docker, Nginx, and GitLab CI/CD, while planning expansions into C2S and HCI
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Opencode to accelerate code delivery and enhance team development velocity

Benefits

• Pick your PTO — Everyone values time and money differently, so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay.
• All 11 federal holidays, paid!
• Up to 2 snow days, paid!
• 4x match on the first 6% of 401(k) contributions, with unclaimed matches returned as extra income.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances. Option to trade health insurance benefit for a salary boost.
• $5,250 annual education assistance for training, certifications, tuition, and student loan repayments.
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and other achievements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior