About this opportunity
International Executive Service Corps lists this Full Stack Developer – Lead opportunity in washington, District of Columbia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.
Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.
We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.
We know tech, but we love people. We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Full Stack Developer - Lead for a Full-Time position.
Role Summary
Technical lead for the delivery team. Sets engineering standards across a hybrid estate of legacy .NET applications, Drupal websites, and cloud-native modernization workstreams; owns technical quality, mentors developers, and is accountable for site performance, capacity, security posture, and accessibility of everything the team ships.
Key Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation across the full stack — front end, middle tier, APIs, database, and deployment — for both sustainment and modernization work.
Establish and enforce coding standards, branching strategy, code review discipline, test coverage expectations, and definition of done.
Own website technical performance and capacity: caching strategy, CDN configuration, load and stress testing, and remediation of bottlenecks.
Partner with architects on solution decisions; translate architecture into executable sprint-level design and task breakdown.
Mentor and technically direct developers, content analysts, and testers; conduct design reviews and pair sessions.
Drive DevSecOps practice: containerized builds, pipeline automation, static/dynamic scanning, dependency and vulnerability management.
Serve as escalation point for complex production incidents; lead root cause analysis and corrective action.
Interface with product owners and government technical stakeholders to shape requirements into deliverable increments.
Champion responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tooling to accelerate delivery without compromising security or quality.
Ensure engineering delivery aligns with DOL Enterprise Architecture, approved product/architecture decisions, PACE/container platform standards, and Government-controlled repositories and environments.
Own release-readiness technical evidence, including code review, unit/automation results, Section 508, browser/mobile, performance, security, deployment, release notes, and technical documentation.
Lead integration design across Drupal/.NET, DB2/MySQL, Appian, SharePoint, Login.gov, Kafka, APIs, and AWS services while preserving legacy functionality during phased modernization.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years of hands‑on full stack development, including 5+ years in a technical lead capacity.
Deep .NET / C# experience (10 years preferred) plus 5+ years hands‑on Drupal in a full stack capacity.
Proven integration experience with enterprise case management/BPM platforms (e.g., Appian), document platforms (e.g., SharePoint), and relational databases including DB2.
Strong cloud engineering background — AWS preferred (EKS/Kubernetes, Aurora, S3, EFS, Secrets Manager, CloudFront/WAF, ECR).
CI/CD and DevSecOps leadership: GitLab pipelines, containerization, automated security scanning, release management.
Demonstrated ownership of Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for delivered systems.
Agile/SAFe delivery leadership; ability to run ceremonies and manage technical debt deliberately.
Substantial experience with AI-assisted programming tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot and other DOL-approved secure AI tools) applied to production engineering.
Hands‑on experience with DOL-style configuration/change management, ATO/security authorization support, vulnerability mitigation, and production support in regulated environments.
Demonstrated ability to govern AI‑assisted code generation using secure enterprise tools, human review, testing, traceability, and quality controls.
Preferred Qualifications
Drupal/Acquia certification; AWS Solutions Architect or Developer certification; Agile/SAFe certification.
Event‑driven architecture experience with Apache Kafka.
Prior federal program experience with ATO, STIG remediation, and formal CM.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a directly related field with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Our Profile
We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More.
NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!
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Worksite address
washington, DC, 20022, US
Who can apply
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