Full Stack Engineer
Your Impact:
As a Full Stack Software Engineer at Skyward Federal, you transform mission-critical applications into scalable "as-a-service" platforms. Drive innovation by building new features, maintaining secure live systems, and delivering solutions across backend development, client-side applications, and deployment support-all to advance national security and mission success.
Where You'll Take Charge:
- Backend Development: Build, optimize, and scale backend systems to ensure strong performance and responsiveness.
- API & Front-End Integration: Develop and maintain APIs, and collaborate on front-end solutions using Angular, React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Containerized Deployments: Implement and manage containerized environments with Docker and, where applicable, Kubernetes.
- Event-Streaming Architectures: Design and support asynchronous, multi-threaded systems.
- Cloud & Database Solutions: Leverage AWS/cloud services and manage relational database
- CI/CD Systems: Streamline build and deployment using Jenkins, GitLab Runners, and other CI/CD tools.
- System Support & Maintenance: Troubleshoot, monitor performance, and address bugs.
- Collaboration & Ownership: Take ownership, collaborate across distributed teams, and contribute to cross-codebase solutions.
Your Edge:
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend development
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Expertise in asynchronous or multithreaded parallel architectures
- Familiarity with event-streaming tools (Kafka, NiFi, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.)
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline creation and management
- Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Ability to optimize and maintain performance and responsiveness across systems
- Knowledge of front-end frameworks (React, Angular, JavaScript)
- Strong API development experience
- Knowledge of version control systems (Git) and automated testing frameworks (pytest, Selenium)
- Comfortable with code spelunking, identifying and addressing bugs or bottlenecks, and writing in multiple code bases
- Experience with code reviews and distributed team environments
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent cloud services
- Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience with air-gapped systems and secure environments
- Experience owning development of full projects or project segments
- Startup experience and solutions-oriented, action-driven mindset
- U.S. citizenship is required to meet eligibility for a security clearance
Growth Potential:
- Full Cycle Engineer > Senior Full Cycle Engineer > Principal Engineer OR Engineering Manager > Staff Engineer OR Director of Engineering
Compensation and Benefits:
- Targeted Compensation: $140-165K base salary
- 10% 401k match, 100% immediately vested
- 100% employer-paid health, dental & vision coverage
- 100% employer-paid short and long term disability benefits
- 100% employer-paid life insurance policy
- 20 days of flexible paid time off
- 11 federal holidays and 2+ Skyward holidays
- Unlimited sick & bereavement leave events
- Company issued laptop, mobile phone and expense card
- $5,000 per year tax-exempt educational reimbursement
- $250 office set-up stipend
- $50 monthly internet stipend
- $50 monthly coffee budget
- Additional discretionary benefits throughout the year
About Skyward Federal
Skyward Federal solves ultra-sensitive multi-domain challenges that others can't, primarily supporting national defense. Our mission is to enable those who protect us. We challenge the status quo and ensure our solutions have a meaningful and lasting impact to our clients' missions. We have a flexible, collaborative start-up environment, fostering innovation and teamwork. We prioritize the development of our people, knowing that our success is driven by their talent and dedication.
Skyward Core Values:
- Impact Mission - Move fast. Execute with precision. Deliver results.
- Take Initiative - Don't hesitate. Dive in. Get shit done.
- Empower People - Take point. Make a difference. Feed the team.
- Pursue Excellence - Stay curious. Keep improving. Push boundaries.
Department Product Engineering Locations Colorado Springs, CO Remote status Hybrid