Full Stack Developer (Data Architecture & Engineering)

About Bridge Defense

Bridge Defense is redefining how modern defense technology is delivered. Based in Washington, D.C., we serve the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement agencies with secure infrastructure, cleared talent, and mission‑ready software. Our services include secure software development in classified environments and the design and implementation of advanced IT and cybersecurity capabilities ranging from secure cloud architectures and enterprise infrastructure to data center operations, scientific analysis, cyber defense, and intelligence analysis.

We foster an agile, outcome‑based approach that delivers results in weeks rather than months. Our team members receive competitive compensation, robust benefits, professional development and certification opportunities, and clear paths for growth while working on the nation’s most critical projects.

Core Values

• Innovation & Responsiveness: We push beyond legacy models with efficient, tech‑led solutions built to scale and evolve.
• Trusted Performance: Security, compliance, and deep experience in delivering to demanding environments guide all we do.
• Mission Focused Expertise: From veteran leadership to cleared engineers, our people understand both the technology and the mission.

Summary

As a Full Stack Developer you will contribute to technical development activities to help achieve the product vision and enable enterprise capabilities. Your work will span both backend and frontend components, including coding, code reviews, feature implementation, and technical support. You will participate in team demos and presentations to showcase platform capabilities to stakeholders and potential new tenants. Success in this role requires strong collaboration skills, effective teamwork within an agile environment, and a commitment to writing quality code that maintains, debugs, and advances the production system.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Employ software development techniques for solving analytical challenges that support national security threats.
• Automate manual analytical processes using software development skills.
• Expand beyond specializations to include front‑end user interfaces, back‑end microservices, web services, cloud architectures, databases, and other persistent data stores.
• Deploy IT solutions, user applications, databases, and other capabilities.
• Design and develop specialized user solutions, applications, and databases using Agile within a Dev Ops environment.
• Provide tier 3 technical support for deployed applications and databases.
• Use code versioning tools such as Git.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Maintain code integrity and organization.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to design and launch new features, coordinating deployment procedures and release plans.
• Keep abreast of the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real‑world problem sets vital to national security.
• Support off‑hours deployment such as evenings or weekends.

Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Understanding of cloud architectures and enabling tools, such as AWS Cloud (Gov Cloud/C2S).
• Familiarity with AWS managed services.
• High experience with back‑end programming languages (Java/Spring, Python).
• Working knowledge of data stores: Mongo DB, Dynamo DB, Postgre SQL, S3, Redshift, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with jQuery, ASP/.Net, No SQL, PL/SQL, LDAP, HTTP, REST/SOAP, RDBMS.
• Experience with configuration management and CI tools: Git/Git Lab, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Maven, Ansible, Chef.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix server environments.
• Experience with Agile development methodology.
• Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Desired Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, JMS/SQS/SNS, Kafka, AWS Lambda, NiFi.
• Knowledge of public keys and digital certificates.
• Experience with automated testing patterns and tools: Mocha/Cha…