Remote Principal Full-Stack Engineer — Federal Platform

Bixal; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 145,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex hours

401K with matching incentive

Parental Leave

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Commuter benefits

PTO

11 Paid holidays

Job summary

Bixal, a Fairfax, VA–based consulting firm, seeks a Principal Full Stack Engineer to guide technical delivery on a federal platform that underpins regulatory planning and review. You will stabilize existing Java, Spring, and Oracle apps while shaping a cloud-native replacement with DevOps foundations and security at the core.

You will mentor engineers, partner with client leads, and translate trade-offs into actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, software engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering with technical leadership.
• Deep hands-on Java and Spring Framework experience.
• Relational databases, preferably Oracle, with SQL and tuning skills.
• Cloud-native, containerized apps on major cloud platforms.
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
• RESTful APIs design and system integration experience.
• Secure coding, accessibility, Linux server experience.
• Strong communication, agile delivery, and client-facing ability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for the program, establishing engineering standards.
• Lead design and delivery of the replacement platform on cloud/DevOps foundations.
• Sustain existing Java/Spring/Oracle apps while building new components.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate with PM, designers, and security lead.
• Build integrations with federal systems and plan data migration.
• Maintain 99.5% uptime and enforce quality metrics like 90% test coverage.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Oracle

Cloud platforms

DevOps

CI/CD

APIs

Security

Linux

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Bixal, a Fairfax, VA–based consulting firm, seeks a Principal Full Stack Engineer to guide technical delivery on a federal platform that underpins regulatory planning and review. You will stabilize existing Java, Spring, and Oracle apps while shaping a cloud-native replacement with DevOps foundations and security at the core.

You will mentor engineers, partner with client leads, and translate trade-offs into actionable recommendations.