Full Stack Developer, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton
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Job summary
Booz Allen Senior Full Stack Developer role seeks a technologist to modernize GEOINT systems by building cloud-native, data-driven applications and microservices. You will guide architectural direction, oversee pipelines, and deliver secure, scalable software for analysts handling high-consequence missions.
You will mentor engineers, influence best practices, and collaborate with product owners to align technical strategy with mission needs, all within AWS and DevSecOps contexts.
Qualifications
- Lead architecture and design of cloud-native microservices.
- Guide technical roadmap for modernization and cloud adoption.
- Develop secure, scalable back-end services (Python/Java/Spring).
- Govern AWS deployments including Kubernetes, IaC, security controls.
- Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, design, and implementation of full-stack capabilities across cloud-native microservices.
- Own major system components and guide the technical roadmap for modernization and cloud adoption.
- Develop distributed, secure, scalable back-end services using Python, Java/Spring Boot, or similar technologies.
- Architect and govern cloud deployments (AWS), including Kubernetes clusters, IaC, security controls, and reliability patterns.
- Guide teams in DevSecOps execution with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and secure coding standards.
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Job description
As a Senior Full Stack Developer at Booz Allen, you will lead the modernization of mission‑critical GEOINT systems by architecting and delivering cloud‑native, data‑driven applications and microservices. In this senior role, you will shape technical direction, oversee the integration of modern pipelines, and develop secure, scalable solutions that directly impact analysts performing high‑consequence missions. You’ll serve as a technical leader who advises on architecture, mentors engineers, and drives engineering excellence across complex modernization efforts.
- Lead architecture, design, and implementation of full‑stack capabilities across cloud‑native microservices
- Own major system components and guide the technical roadmap for modernization and cloud adoption
- Develop distributed, secure, scalable back‑end services using Python, Java/Spring Boot, or similar technologies
- Architect and govern cloud deployments (AWS), including Kubernetes clusters, IaC, security controls, and reliability patterns
- Guide teams in DevSecOps execution, including GitLab CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure coding standards, and supply‑chain integrity
- Integrate large‑scale data, search, or analytic pipelines, such as Kafka, NiFi, Elasticsearch
- Partner with product owners, mission users, and cross‑functional engineering teams to define requirements and technical strategy
- Mentor and support mid‑level and junior engineers; perform code reviews and drive engineering best practices
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including LLMs/AI, synthetic data, and augmented development tools for mission applicability
- 6+ years of experience with full‑stack software engineering
- Experience leading technical delivery or architecture for cloud‑native or distributed systems
- Experience with Python, C++, Java, or Spring Boot
- Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or SQLite
- Experience architecting and deploying solutions using AWS or Azure cloud frameworks
- Experience with containerization and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with complex API ecosystems, such as FastAPT, REST, gRPC, or GraphQL
- Experience building secure, high‑performance applications in classified or highly restricted environments
- Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
- Experience with distributed search or data platforms such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr, Kafka, or NiFi
- Experience modernizing legacy applications into modern frameworks
- Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience integrating AI/ML or LLM‑based development workflows
- Experience supporting GEOINT or Intelligence Community analytic missions
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
As part of Booz Allen’s skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.
- Health benefits
- Life benefits
- Disability benefits
- Financial benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work‑life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.
This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in‑person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Our people‑first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership’s expectations and the needs of the role.
Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full‑time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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