Python Full Stack Developer; TS​/SCI clearance

Python Full Stack Developer

Suitland, MD – 2-3 days/week onsite.

TS/SCI clearance is required.

Stack:
Python/Django, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL/Aurora, AWS (multi-partition), Terraform, Git Lab CI/CD, Keycloak.

We are standing up a small, elite development team to deliver cloud‑native applications that directly support client operations. This is a focused, high‑impact team where every engineer’s contribution is visible and consequential. We are looking for a Full Stack Developer who combines deep Python expertise with genuine frontend craftsmanship, thrives in classified environments, and brings the kind of disciplined engineering mindset that produces secure, maintainable systems under real operational pressure.

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Python backend development (Django, FastAPI, or equivalent; async/ASGI; modern Python 3.13+)
• Frontend development with React, Next.js, or equivalent (production UIs, not prototypes)
• RESTful API design including BFF patterns and schema validation
• PostgreSQL — schema design, query optimization, migrations, data loading
• AWS — deploying and operating applications across classified partitions and regions
• Terraform for infrastructure-as-code
• Keycloak, OIDC, SAML, or CAC/PIV authentication integration
• Secure application development for STIG-hardened, FIPS-validated environments
• Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
• Dev Sec Ops  scan interpretation and remediation (SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM, container scanning)
• AI-assisted development tooling in daily practice
• 5+ years of hands‑on development (or equivalent demonstrated capability)

• Incorporating generative AI capabilities into applications (RAG pipelines, LLM integration, or embedding-based search)
• Migrating legacy systems and data sources into modern cloud-native architectures
• Container orchestration with Kubernetes/EKS and Helm
• Hardened container supply chains and FIPS-validated image pipelines
• NIST 800-53 security controls and their practical application to software design
• Multi-classification or cross-partition deployment architectures
• Familiarity with intelligence community environments and DoD mission systems

• You will design and deliver complete applications; from database schema to API layer to the interface a mission user opens every morning. The team supports an established platform application while simultaneously standing up pilot solutions and custom MVPs for emerging requirements. On any given week, you might be extending a Django-based API gateway, building a new React dashboard for an operational workflow, writing migration scripts to bring legacy data into a modern PostgreSQL schema, or wiring up Keycloak authentication for a new service.
• This is full stack work in the truest sense. We need engineers who move fluidly between backend logic and frontend polish, who care as much about a clean component hierarchy as they do about a well-indexed query, and who understand that in classified environments, every design decision carries security implications.
• The team deploys across multiple AWS partitions and classification levels. You will work with Terraform for infrastructure, Git Lab for source control and CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tooling as a standard part of your workflow — not as an experiment, but as an expectation.

• Strong Python development is the cornerstone of this role. You should be deeply comfortable with Django or equivalent frameworks, API design patterns including Backend‑for‑Frontend architectures, Pydantic‑driven validation, and async Python in production. This is where the majority of your backend work lives.
• Equally important is your ability to build real frontend experiences. We need developers who can deliver polished, responsive interfaces in React or Next.js. Complete applications with thoughtful component design, effective state management, and the kind of attention to user experience that turns a functional tool into something people actually want to use. If you consider yourself “backend with some frontend,” this role will stretch you.
• You should bring solid relational database skills centered on PostgreSQL,…