Senior Developer

Omniscius Consulting; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Omniscius Consulting is seeking a senior full‑stack developer to lead a small team responsible for sustaining and enhancing a mission‑critical enterprise application. You will translate customer needs into actionable technical requirements and deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will work across Python back‑end services with Django/ FastAPI/ Flask and modern JavaScript frameworks (React.js, Vue.js), using RESTful APIs and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or sixteen years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Proven experience in modern Python web frameworks (Django, FastAPI, or Flask).
• Strong background in JavaScript front‑end frameworks (React.js or Vue.js) and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git/GitLab workflows.
• Experience with Docker and Linux in development and deployment.
• Unit testing experience and agile software development process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small development team supporting sustainment and enhancement of a mission-critical enterprise application.
• Translate customer needs into clear technical requirements and solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders to refine requirements and build alignment for proposed solutions.
• Build responsive web interfaces with robust data retrieval and storage capabilities.
• Collaborate across Python back-end and JavaScript front-end architectures.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve defects to maintain stability.

Skills

Agile development

CI/CD

Unit testing

Git/GitLab

Linux

REST API

JavaScript frontend

Python full-stack

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

12+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Docker

React.js

Vue.js

Django

FastAPI

Flask

PostgreSQL

Job description

• Lead a small, collaborative development team supporting the sustainment and continuous enhancement of a mission-critical Enterprise Support Services application that enables a key operation.

• Serve as a senior technical point of contact between the development team and the customer, helping translate customer needs into clear, actionable technical requirements and solutions.

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand business needs, communicate technical approaches, refine requirements, and build alignment and buy-in for proposed solutions.

• Build intuitive, responsive web interfaces backed by robust data retrieval and storage capabilities.

• Apply hands‑on expertise with modern Python frameworks – such as Django, FastAPI, or Flask – to deliver scalable, secure, and performant applications.

• Apply hands‑on expertise with modern JavaScript and front-end frameworks, specifically React.js and Vue.js, to deliver high-quality user interfaces and dynamic, client‑side application features.

• Integrate backend services through RESTful APIs to support seamless data flow and reliable application functionality.

• Leverage full-stack development skills across Python backend services and modern JavaScript front-end architectures to deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions.

• Demonstrate strong experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS), with primary expertise in PostgreSQL and secondary experience with Oracle and SQL Server.

• Translate complex business requirements into effective enhancements within existing database structures and application logic.

• Support and execute application upgrades while implementing code enhancements that improve performance, maintainability, and long‑term sustainability.

• Develop efficient data retrieval solutions that power user-friendly displays and dynamic application views.

• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve application defects to help maintain system stability and a positive user experience.

• Design, build, and deploy Dock containerized applications to Linux servers.

• Conduct thorough unit testing to validate software reliability, performance, and feature accuracy.

• Collaborate within Git/GitLab workflows and contribute to CI/CD pipelines that enable smooth, automated, delivery of application updates.

• Bring a proactive, ownership-oriented approach to problem-solving, provide technical leadership to the development teams, and demonstrate a strong willingness to take on new challenges and learn emerging technologies.

• Actively contribute in an Agile environment by participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative development cycles that deliver continuous value.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Polygraph

• A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and twelve (12) years of experience in software development/engineering. Sixteen (16) years of experience in software development/engineering may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

• Working knowledge of JavaScript and modern front‑end frameworks, specifically React.js and Vue.js.

• Experience with REST API.

• Experience with modern Python full‑stack development, utilizing Python web frameworks (such as Django, FASTAPI, or Flask) paired with modern front‑end frameworks (React.js or Vue.js) and RESTful API integrations.

• Unit testing experience.

• Git/Gitlab experience with CI/CD.

• Experience with Docker.

• Working knowledge of Linux.

• Working knowledge of Agile software development processes.

Desired Skills

• Extensive experience in agile development, including running sprint planning sessions, managing sprint backlogs, and delivering high‑quality results on time.

• A background in developing enterprise‑level applications with a focus on scalability, security, and performance.

• Experience managing systems in a virtual hosting environment including AWS.

• Familiarity with the CI/CD.