EL1 Full Stack Engineer - Federal Government Contract: Initial 12 months Clearance: NV1 Level: EL1 Full Stack Engineer
We are seeking an experienced EL1 Full Stack Engineer to join a major Federal Government technology program delivering and supporting complex, business-critical digital systems.
This is a senior hands-on engineering opportunity suited to someone with strong AWS, API development, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps expertise who can operate independently while providing technical leadership within an Agile full-stack team.
The Role
Working within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, you will design, build, deploy and support applications, integrations and cloud-based solutions. You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle while helping ensure solutions meet architectural, integration and engineering standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, build, deploy and support complex systems, applications and integrations.
- Develop scalable cloud solutions within AWS environments.
- Build complex APIs and backend services using technologies including Golang, TypeScript and Python.
- Develop and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Work with Docker, Kubernetes and Helm for containerisation and orchestration.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub/GitLab and associated DevOps tooling.
- Participate in technical design, development, deployment and ongoing code maintenance.
- Undertake peer code reviews and maintain strong engineering and coding standards.
- Develop automated unit, component, integration and functional testing.
- Collaborate with QA teams on integration and end-to-end testing.
- Engage with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements and priorities.
- Provide technical leadership within Agile project teams.
What We're Looking For
To be successful, you will bring strong hands-on engineering experience across:
- AWS infrastructure and cloud services, including designing and managing scalable cloud solutions.
- Full SDLC delivery, from technical design and development through deployment, code review and long-term maintenance.
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
- API and service development using Golang, TypeScript and/or Python, including REST and GraphQL.
- Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
- DevOps and CI/CD, including GitHub/GitLab, Artifactory, Jira and HashiCorp Vault.
- Automated testing across unit, component, integration and functional levels.
Highly regarded experience includes React and TypeScript, WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and effective use of AI development tooling and spec-driven development.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Full Stack Engineer who enjoys remaining technically hands-on while also contributing leadership, engineering standards and stakeholder engagement within a significant Federal Government digital environment.
If you have strong AWS, Golang/TypeScript/Python, Terraform, Kubernetes and DevOps experience and are looking for your next Federal Government contract, we would be keen to to see your application.