Staff Software Engineer — Remote (US) | GovTech & CI/CD

Jobs in JS; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus is a fully remote digital services firm delivering civic tech solutions in a multi-vendor federal ecosystem. As Staff Software Engineer, you will own end-to-end testing, data generation tooling, and front-end interfaces while guiding release gatekeeping and secure deployment practices.

You will design scalable Playwright + TypeScript test suites, build Python data generators, and develop React tools to support government stakeholders and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Ability to meet government contracting requirements.
• Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship.
• May be subject to a government background check or security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end (E2E) automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product verticals.
• Design and build automated data generation tools and synthetic applicant profile generators using Python and REST APIs to replace manual data setup processes.
• Develop user-friendly front-end tools in React and TypeScript that enable external vendor teams and government stakeholders to generate test scenarios on demand and monitor pipeline status.
• Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices.
• Lead rotating sprint triage efforts to debug system failures across a complex multi-vendor environment, isolating issues by cloud changes, vendor releases, or test configurations.
• Provide actionable feedback through code reviews and mentorship, embedding high code quality standards.
• Serve as technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams, advocating for self-service and smooth release gatekeeping.
• Support cloud infrastructure updates using Terraform and navigate FedRAMP/compliance processes.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

Agile teams

Cloud infrastructure

FedRAMP

Tools

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

React

Playwright

REST APIs

Job description

Focus is a fully remote digital services firm delivering civic tech solutions in a multi-vendor federal ecosystem. As Staff Software Engineer, you will own end-to-end testing, data generation tooling, and front-end interfaces while guiding release gatekeeping and secure deployment practices.

You will design scalable Playwright + TypeScript test suites, build Python data generators, and develop React tools to support government stakeholders and external vendors.