Full Stack JavaScript Developer - Top Secret Clearance

Metric5

$100K — $140K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience
  • 5+ years of experience with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+)
  • 5+ years of experience with React, including state management and routing
  • 5+ years of experience with Node.js and preferably NestJS
  • 5+ years of experience with unit and integration testing, understanding JavaScript testing frameworks
  • Experience with TypeORM or similar ORMs and relational databases
  • Experience with RESTful API design and documentation via OpenAPI/Swagger
  • Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design frameworks
  • Experience with build tools such as Vite and SWC
  • At least 3 years of experience in agile development methodology

Responsibilities

  • Design technical architecture across the full stack
  • Develop, document, and implement software solutions using React and Node.js
  • Build responsive UIs leveraging Material-UI and Redux Toolkit
  • Develop and maintain REST APIs with NestJS and TypeORM
  • Collaborate closely with customers and team members throughout the development lifecycle
  • Ensure software reliability through rigorous testing practices
  • Engage in retrospectives to continuously improve processes and code quality

Benefits

  • Health & Dental Insurance with 100% individual coverage paid
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 401K with company match and immediate vesting
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays plus floating holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Bonuses
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Tuition Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Location: Springfield, VA - onsite

Metric5 is looking for a motivated Full Stack JavaScript Developer for work on a highly visible project for our NGA/DoD customer.

The ideal Full Stack JavaScript Developer has hands-on experience working in a true Agile environment performing software engineering tasks across multiple teams, with expertise spanning front-end and back-end development. Our software engineers serve in critical roles to design, build, test, and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization.

As a software engineer at Metric5, you will be responsible for the technical design, development, documentation, and engineering of software solutions using React, NestJS, Node.js, TypeScript, and Vite within a modern cloud-native ecosystem. Your responsibilities will span the full stack - from building responsive React UIs with Material-UI and Redux Toolkit, to developing robust REST APIs with NestJS and TypeORM backed by relational databases (MariaDB/MySQL) and search platforms (Elasticsearch, Solr). You will work with containerized deployments on OpenShift/Kubernetes managed through Helm charts and ArgoCD in a GitOps workflow.

The successful candidate will work directly with customers, test engineers, and other team members throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to implement application enhancements. You have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we are doing wrong so we can fix it, and what we are doing right so we can improve on it.

Required Skills
  • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience
  • 5+ years of experience with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+)
  • 5+ years of experience with React, including state management (Redux Toolkit), routing (React Router), and component libraries (Material-UI)
  • 5+ years of experience with Node.js and server-side frameworks, preferably NestJS
  • 5+ years of experience with unit and integration testing, with an understanding of JavaScript testing frameworks such as Vitest or Jest, and Testing Library
  • Experience with TypeORM or similar ORMs and relational databases (MariaDB/MySQL)
  • Experience with RESTful API design and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
  • Strong knowledge and experience with HTML5 and CSS3, including responsive design frameworks (Bootstrap, Material-UI)
  • Experience with build tools such as Vite, SWC, and npm workspaces (monorepo architecture)
  • At least 3 years of experience with agile development methodology, preferably SAFe or Scrum
  • At least 3 years of experience developing applications for enterprise business customers

Desired Skills
  • Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes container orchestration
  • Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps workflows for continuous deployment
  • Experience with Helm charts for Kubernetes resource management
  • Experience with Elasticsearch or Solr for search and analytics
  • Experience with Redis for caching and session management
  • Experience with Docker multi-stage builds and containerized development environments
  • Experience with observability tooling: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo
  • Experience with authentication and authorization patterns (Passport.js, JWT/JWKS, OAuth2/OIDC, Keycloak)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated build/deploy processes
  • Good oral and written communications skills with experience in delivering/presenting to the customer
  • SAFe certification


Education: Bachelors in a Technical Discipline • Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree (Desired not required)

Years of Experience: 5+ years of experience or more

Clearance: Must be a United States Citizen and able to obtain a security clearance for this government position.

Salary: $100,000 - $140,000

Our benefits include:
  • Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 401K with company match (employees are immediately vested)
  • Paid Vacation
  • 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Bonuses
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Tuition Assistance Program

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