Senior Full-Stack Dev, Cloud & Platform (GovCloud)

NALEJ; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NALEJ in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to design, build, and scale secure, mission-critical applications that run exclusively in Docker and Kubernetes, across AWS Commercial and GovCloud environments. You will own critical features end-to-end, balancing high-throughput backend services with responsive front-ends.

The role emphasizes AI-native development, API-first contracts, and strict DoD security controls (mTLS, OAuth2, PKI) within a modern, container-native workflow.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of professional full-stack software development experience.
• Clearance Requirement: U.S. Citizenship and active DoD clearance or proven track record of obtaining one.
• Proven production experience with Golang backends and Next.js / Vite-React frontends.

Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Application Engineering: design, build, and maintain production-ready apps with backend microservices and responsive UI.
• Polyglot Service Development: backend Go, frontend Next.js/Vite-React, Python automation layers.
• Container & Kubernetes Native Execution: Docker workflows and Kubernetes on AWS EKS with Helm.

Skills

Go (Golang)

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

React

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS GovCloud

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Keycloak

Vault

OpenAPI

Job description

NALEJ in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to design, build, and scale secure, mission-critical applications that run exclusively in Docker and Kubernetes, across AWS Commercial and GovCloud environments. You will own critical features end-to-end, balancing high-throughput backend services with responsive front-ends.

The role emphasizes AI-native development, API-first contracts, and strict DoD security controls (mTLS, OAuth2, PKI) within a modern, container-native workflow.