Remote Full-Stack Engineer for DoD Mission Software

Brandes Associates, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Brandes Associates Inc., through Agile Empowerment Technologies (AET), seeks a Full Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to support secure mission software for DoD, IC, and allied environments.

The role offers ~85% remote work with limited in-person collaboration in the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area, enabling hands-on software development across the full stack while contributing to CI/CD modernization and AI-assisted workflows.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience; exceptional candidates with 3+ years of highly relevant experience may be considered.
• Strong Java backend development and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frontend skills.
• Experience with REST APIs, XML/JSON, and data-exchange formats.
• Relational databases and Linux/Windows development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, unit test, integrate, and maintain Java and JavaScript-based software capabilities.
• Support message transformation, routing, and data exchange using XML, JSON, and custom formats.
• Contribute to enhancements, refactoring, and reducing technical debt within the product baseline.
• Participate in product planning, backlog refinement, design discussions, code reviews, and release activities.

Skills

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

REST APIs

SQL/Relational DB

CI/CD

Git

Linux/Windows

Security practices

Agile/DevOps

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub/GitLab

Bitbucket

Job description

Brandes Associates Inc., through Agile Empowerment Technologies (AET), seeks a Full Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to support secure mission software for DoD, IC, and allied environments.

The role offers ~85% remote work with limited in-person collaboration in the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area, enabling hands-on software development across the full stack while contributing to CI/CD modernization and AI-assisted workflows.