Description of Task to be Performed:AnaVation is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our growing Huntsville, Alabama work program. The selected candidate will support application design, development, integration, and modernization for a major federal transformation program. This senior role develops secure, scalable, cloud-ready solutions and works across the entire stack-front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud environments. The Full Stack Engineer collaborates with Product, DevSecOps, Cloud, Data, QA, and Migration teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities that meet federal performance, security, and compliance standards.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:Application & API Development- Design, develop, and maintain front-end and back-end components for enterprise applications
- Build and optimize REST APIs, microservices, and system-to-system integrations
- Ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability across the full stack
Cloud-Ready Engineering- Develop cloud-compatible services and applications (AWS preferred)
- Support deployment of pipelines, infrastructure integration, and CI/CD workflows
- Align application architecture with modernization and cloud migration requirement
Technical Leadership & Collaboration - Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Leads, QA Automation Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and Data Engineers
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, technical design reviews, and demos
- Mentor mid-level engineers and support knowledge-sharing across teams Security, Performance & Compliance
- Implement secure coding practices, logging, auditing, and data-handling requirements
- Conduct performance tuning, optimization, and reliability improvements
- Ensure delivery aligns with federal security standards and program governance Testing & Quality Support
- Support automated testing and validation of application functionality and integrations
- Troubleshoot defects across the stack and coordinate with QA to resolve issues
- Validate readiness for release and major deployment events
Documentation & Reporting - Develop technical design documents, API specifications, data flow diagrams, and code documentation
- Maintain full-stack engineering artifacts required for release, sustainment, and audits
- Provide status updates and technical insights to leadership and cross-functional teams
This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph.
This position is
on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely.
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in software engineering or full-stack development
- Experience developing both front-end and back-end solutions using modern frameworks
- Hands-on experience with APIs, microservices, relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, DevSecOps environments, and automated testing
- Strong ability to troubleshoot issues across the entire stack
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Must be able to work full-time on-site at our customer location in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience supporting federal government / national-security programs
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS strongly preferred)
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), or serverless frameworks
- Experience with performance engineering, load testing, or automated quality pipelines
- Knowledge of Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages used across full-stack systems
Benefits - Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
