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Full Stack Software Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

San Antonio, TX, US$113k – $257konsite

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Full Stack Software Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to lead the development of modern software platforms that directly impact national defense and advanced training systems? As a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership across the entire software stack—from intuitive user experiences and scalable backend services to cloud-native architectures and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with product owners, architects, and fellow engineers to define technical direction, mentor developers, and build high-quality software that solves challenging real-world problems.

What You’ll Do • Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable full-stack applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.

• Design and develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems that support high-performance, mission-critical applications.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Drive software architecture decisions, establish engineering standards, and conduct technical design and code reviews.

• Build intuitive, responsive user interfaces while ensuring maintainable, testable, and reusable code.

• Design and optimize data models, persistence layers, and application integrations.

• Champion software quality through automated testing, code quality practices, and continuous improvement.

• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, architecture guidance, and career development.

• Partner with DevOps engineers to ensure applications are designed for reliable deployment, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve engineering practices and platform capabilities.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have: • 10+ years of experience with software engineering, including leading the design and delivery of complex software systems

• Experience with Git-based development workflows, automated testing, and Agile software development

• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform or Bicep, and cloud-native architectures.

• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevOps or DevSecOps best practices

• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across development teams

• Knowledge of software architecture, object-oriented design, design patterns, and engineering best practices

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have: • Experience with monorepo tooling such as Nx or Turborepo

• Experience developing modern full-stack applications using TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks, including React preferred

• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and distributed or microservice-based architectures

• Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases and designing scalable data models

• Experience working in ATO, RMF, or other regulated software development environments

• Experience with NIST 800-53, STIGs, secure software development practices, or software supply-chain security

• Experience with OpenTelemetry, observability platforms, or distributed tracing

• Possession of excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Secret clearance

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. 
Skills Assessment
As part of Booz Allen’s skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.
 Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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