Mid-level Web Developer

Job Description

Job DescriptionJob Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

Do you like to tackle complex software challenges?

If you love architecting end-to-end features across the stack, taking true ownership of production cloud services, and driving high-performance web engineering, you’re in the right place! We are looking for a Mid-Level Web Developer who shares our drive to push boundaries and build scalable digital solutions that make a real difference.

In this role, you will contribute as a core engineer on a small, hardworking team delivering enterprise web services deployed in AWS. This mid-level position challenges you to take ownership of features end-to-end—spanning the API, UI, and data layer—while directly influencing system architecture and design decisions. If you're a self-driven professional ready to deploy robust services, troubleshoot production incidents, and elevate code reliability across multiple applications in an Agile environment, let's achieve more together.

Location Work Environment

• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Style: On-site
  
  

Compensation Benefits

The annual base salary range for this role is $164,000 - $195,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from the posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level.

, Required Skills

• Clearance: Active Fully-Cleared with Poly (TS/SCI with Polygraph).

• Compliance Certification: Active DoD 8570.01-M IAM Level I baseline certification is mandatory (e.g., Security+ CE, CAP, or GSLC).

• Full-Stack Development: Proven professional work experience developing web services using one or more modern languages and frameworks (such as JavaScript, Vue.js, React, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, Java, Node.js, or .NET C#).

• Linux Systems Engineering: Strong background deploying and operating software on Linux, including service configuration, log analysis, basic networking, and system automation.

• API Architecture Security: Solid understanding of API design, secure coding practices, and core authentication/authorization frameworks.

• Database Management: Working knowledge of relational databases combined with a practical command of performance basics like indexing and query tuning.

• Agile Feature Delivery: Ability to refine complex stakeholder requirements, estimate technical effort, and deliver features iteratively with minimal supervision.

Education Experience

• Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of professional software engineering (SWE) experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university.

• Substitution: Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience on projects with similar software processes may substitute for a bachelor’s degree (totaling 11 years of experience).

, Desired Skills

• Cloud Engineering: Hands-on experience building and maintaining infrastructure inside AWS (specifically IAM, EC2, ALB, S3, RDS, and CloudWatch) or Azure equivalents.

• Web Server Tuning: Practical experience managing web and application server configurations, specifically Nginx, Apache, and/or Tomcat.

• DevOps Automation: Scripting experience with Python and/or PowerShell along with foundational familiarity building CI/CD deployment pipelines.

• Production Operations: Background supporting critical production environments and participating in structured on-call or incident response activities.

• Peer Leadership: Active participation in code reviews and an interest in championing high-quality software maintenance standards.

, About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click https://nylatechnologysolutions.com/careers/#culture">here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.