Full Stack Developer

Redhorse Corporation

$160K — $190K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI required).
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as Engineering, Computer Science, or Data Science.
  • 5+ years as a full stack developer, ideally with government or defense-related projects.
  • Hands-on experience with AI/ML initiatives and complex systems integration.
  • Strong understanding of secure software development practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement autonomous AI agents for multi-step workflows.
  • Develop orchestration pipelines with modern agent frameworks.
  • Integrate government-approved Large Language Models into enterprise applications.
  • Optimize AI workflows for security, performance, and explainability.
  • Develop scalable microservices and containerized applications.

Benefits

  • Participation in a comprehensive benefits program, including health and wellness options.
  • Opportunities for performance-based incentive compensation where applicable.
  • Commitment to professional development in emerging AI technologies.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for an exceptional Full Stack Developer to support one of the Department of Defense's most innovative AI transformation efforts. Our team functions and collaborates across multiple workstreams including engineering, mission operations, and executive leadership, ensuring highly technical projects deliver measurable outcomes.

Working directly with other engineers, architects, data scientists, analysts, and mission users, the Full Stack Developer will deliver agentic AI and knowledge graph features culminating in an enterprise-level analytics platform.

Responsible for designing, developing, and deploying secure, scalable applications that integrate agentic artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), knowledge graphs, and traditional enterprise software within Department of Defense (DoD) environments. This role combines modern full stack software development with AI engineering to create intelligent decision-support systems capable of autonomous reasoning, information discovery, workflow automation, and mission planning.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives delivering mission-focused work into production, enjoys bringing structure to complexity, and understands that successful AI projects require disciplined execution as much as technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, and executing multi-step workflows.
  • Develop orchestration pipelines using modern agent frameworks.
  • Integrate Large Language Models (government-approved) into enterprise applications.
  • Develop architectures and/or ingestion pipelines that will use structured and unstructured data.
  • Optimize AI workflows for security, performance, explainability, and reliability.
  • Develop APIs supporting AI-enabled applications.
  • Support the integration of the knowledge graph database and enterprise analytics tools, AI reasoning chains, and mission data.
  • Develop scalable microservices and containerized applications.
  • Integrate entity resolution tooling into the platform.
  • Support the design, configuration, and maintenance of knowledge graphs representing mission data.
  • Develop semantic search and context-aware information retrieval solutions.
  • Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and automated testing.
  • Implement secure coding practices consistent with DoD cybersecurity requirements.
  • Perform vulnerability remediation and support Authority to Operate (ATO) activities.


Experience/Clearance

  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI required).
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or related technical discipline.
  • 5+ experience as a full stack developer with upward trajectory. Experience supporting government or defense programs preferred.
  • Experience delivering enterprise software to government production environments, including hands on AI/ML initiatives, and complex systems integration efforts.
  • Experience on Agile, cross-functional engineering teams delivering modern cloud-based solutions.
  • Understanding of secure software development practices, RMF (Risk Management Framework,) relevant NIST publications.
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and systems thinking skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience translating mission requirements into AI-enabled software solutions.
  • Passion for emerging AI technologies and continuous learning.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Commitment to delivering secure, reliable, and mission-focused software solutions.


$160,000 - $190,000 a year

The salary range provided for this position represents the anticipated base salary for successful candidates. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, education, certifications, skills, security clearance level, geographic location, market conditions, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may participate in Redhorse's comprehensive benefits programs and may be eligible for performance-based or other incentive compensation, where applicable.

Redhorse Corporation shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Redhorse's changing needs. This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate in Redhorse's sole discretion.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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