Staff Software Engineer

Job Description:

• Operate across the entire technology stack
• Architect, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end 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
• Develop front-end tools in React and TypeScript for external vendor teams and government stakeholders to generate test scenarios and monitor pipeline status
• Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices
• Lead rotating sprint triage to debug failures in a complex multi-vendor environment
• Isolate whether issues arise from cloud environment changes, vendor code releases, or test configurations
• Provide code reviews and 1:1 mentorship
• Establish high code quality standards and team development patterns
• Serve as technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams
• Support cloud infrastructure updates using Terraform
• Embed automated security scanning and navigate continuous compliance processes in a FedRAMP/Public Trust environment

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional experience developing full-stack applications and tooling using TypeScript and Python
• Practical experience writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
• Experience designing complex systems interacting with external services, databases, and third-party APIs
• Experience working on cross-functional agile teams
• Experience estimating complex engineering tasks
• Experience directly communicating technical updates to client stakeholders
• Strong diagnostic skills for distributed, multi-vendor application failures and microservices
• Prior experience with federal government digital service projects or civic tech programs
• Familiarity with AWS GovCloud environments
• Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance standards
• Familiarity with observability tooling
• Experience implementing synthetic test data generators or complex mock data services
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to meet other requirements for government contracts
• Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
• May be subject to a government background check or security clearance
• Must be based in the continental U.S.

Benefits:

• Healthy work-life balance
• Encouragement to log off at the end of the day
• Time off when needed
• Fully remote work
• Occasional travel, approximately 1–2 times per year
• Bonus opportunity of $0–$55K