Senior Developer – Full Stack

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 believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Full Stack Developer - Senior for a Full-Time position. Role Summary Senior engineer leading development of a public-facing intake application that captures sensitive submissions from the public and routes them into an enterprise case management platform. Owns end-to-end design and delivery of the intake experience, its integrations, and its security and accessibility posture.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead design and development of a public-facing intake application end to end — front end, forms engine, services, data model, and integrations.
• Build complex, accessible, multi-step intake forms with validation, conditional logic, document upload, save-and-resume, and confirmation workflows.
• Design and implement integrations to enterprise case management and document management platforms via REST APIs and event streaming.
• Implement secure file upload, virus scanning, metadata tagging, and object storage patterns for sensitive documents.
• Integrate identity and authentication services for public users, including federated identity providers.
• Prefer marketplace and contributed modules over custom code; build custom connectors only where justified.
• Implement observability, structured logging, error handling, and retry semantics across integration points.
• Mentor mid-level developers, lead code reviews, and set technical direction within the workstream.
• Ensure delivery satisfies federal security standards and Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Deliver Drupal 10+ / MySQL solutions on the DOL PACE platform and integrate with Appian case-management backends, Kafka/event streaming, Login.gov, file scanning/storage, and DOL enterprise services.
• Implement PWS non-functional requirements including responsive/browser compatibility, performance, fault tolerance, audit logging, records retention, security, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Produce and support release artifacts, automated test evidence, security/508 remediation, configuration/change records, and technical documentation required for Government approval. Required Skills & Experience
• 7+ years full stack development, with 5+ years hands-on Drupal delivering end-to-end platform projects.
• Demonstrated Webform module expertise for complex public-facing forms.
• Strong PHP and Twig plus modern JavaScript; comfort across the full stack including data modeling.
• REST API design and integration with enterprise systems, including error handling and versioning.
• Experience integrating with case management/BPM platforms (Appian or comparable) and document platforms.
• Cloud-native delivery on AWS with containerized deployment (EKS/Kubernetes) and CI/CD.
• Track record delivering solutions compliant with federal security and Section 508 standards.
• Agile/SAFe delivery experience with a team-leading component.
• Substantial experience with AI-assisted programming tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot and other DOL-approved secure AI tools).
• Experience with PACE or comparable Kubernetes/Open Shift container environments and MySQL-backed Drupal applications.
• Experience designing secure, accessible, high-volume public intake workflows with real-time validation, one-time submission, file handling, API/event integrations, and audit trails.

Preferred Qualifications
• Drupal/Acquia certification;
Agile/SAFe certification.
• Kafka producer/consumer implementation experience.
• Experience with OCR, document classification, or AI-assisted intake triage.
• Prior federal public-facing application delivery. Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience considered. Does this opportunity sound like a fit for you? If so, join our talent community and click to apply now!! 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.

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