FULL STACK DEVELOPER (REMOTE ) - but must live in Maryland.

Job Title – FULL STACK DEVELOPER ( REMOTE ) – but must live in Maryland.

Locations – Suitland, Maryland ( REMOTE )

Base Salary – $150,000 – $170,000

• ** CLIENT NOTES ( Read This ) ***
• * Do not submit backend candidates NEED production frontend experience.
• *Must have active TS/SCI, or candidates seeking fully remote work.

Suggested Sourcing Titles

Full Stack Developer, Full Stack Engineer, Python Full Stack Developer, Cleared Software Engineer, Django Developer with React.

• ** Screen before submission ***

1- What is your current clearance level, and is your TS/SCI active?

2- Must be a US Citizen (or) Green Card only.

3- Can you work onsite in Suitland 2–3 days weekly?

4- Is the $150,000–$170,000 base salary acceptable?

5- Have you developed both the Python backend and React/Next.js frontend.

6- What classified AWS deployment, Terraform and authentication do you have?

7- Hands on with resolving DevSecOps and using AI-assisted development tools?

8- What is your earliest start date?

Job Details

Location: Suitland, Maryland

Schedule: Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite per week

Employment: Full-time, permanent

Clearance: Active TS/SCI required

Start: Immediate start preferred

Team: 2–3 developers reporting to a technical lead

The work

Develop secure, cloud-native applications from database schema through backend services and production user interfaces.

Support an existing platform while building pilot solutions and custom MVPs.

Work includes API development, dashboards, legacy data migration, authentication integration and deployment across AWS partitions and classification levels.

Core stack

Python/Django, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL/Aurora, AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD and Keycloak.

Required Qualifications

Active TS/SCI

5+ years of hands-on development

Python backend using Django, FastAPI including async/ASGI and modern Python 3.13+

Production frontend React, Next.js or equivalent; must demonstrate complete applications

RESTful API design, Backend-for-Frontend patterns, including Pydantic-driven validation

PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, migrations and data loading

AWS application deployment &troubleshooting across classified partitions and regions

Familiarity with EKS, Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC and KMS

Terraform module development and maintenance

Authentication integration using Keycloak, OIDC, SAML or CAC/PIV; secure token handling

Secure development for STIG-hardened, FIPS-validated environments

GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows