Full Stack Engineer (C++/Python) – Remote/Onsite

Black Canyon Consulting; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan with employer contribution

Paid holidays and vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Black Canyon Consulting is seeking a mid-level Full Stack Developer (C++) to support the NIH/NLM’s NCBI team at Bethesda, MD, with remote options. The role emphasizes back-end C++ services, data pipelines, and RESTful interfaces, alongside Python-based tooling and Django web components.

The successful candidate will collaborate with researchers, designers, and operations to deliver robust, scalable web services and APIs, while maintaining accessibility and security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a scientific field, or equivalent experience.
• At least three years of professional experience developing high-performance programs in C++.
• At least one year of professional experience developing programs or libraries in Python.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests for C++ systems.
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git or SVN.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-performance C++ programs, including public-facing services that use RESTful APIs, gRPC, and similar technologies.
• Develop and maintain internal command-line applications and libraries written in C++.
• Write unit tests for C++ code using or Google Test. Boost.Test
• Build and support Python packages, command-line tools, web services, and web applications with user interfaces.
• Work with relational databases, Cassandra keystores, and Solr collections.
• Maintain existing web application interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Ensure web applications are accessible and mobile-friendly.
• Develop and maintain test suites.
• Monitor applications for performance, security, and accessibility compliance.
• Work closely with an agile team that shares knowledge and responsibilities.
• Contribute to development standards, code reviews, and team process improvements.

Skills

C++ development

Python development

Unit testing

Team collaboration

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

SVN

Django

JavaScript (Angular/React)

Solr

Lucene

Hadoop

REST APIs

Google Test

Job description

Black Canyon Consulting is seeking a mid-level Full Stack Developer (C++) to support the NIH/NLM’s NCBI team at Bethesda, MD, with remote options. The role emphasizes back-end C++ services, data pipelines, and RESTful interfaces, alongside Python-based tooling and Django web components.

The successful candidate will collaborate with researchers, designers, and operations to deliver robust, scalable web services and APIs, while maintaining accessibility and security standards.