1 day ago
St. Petersburg, FL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$95k - $245k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture decisions for new and existing web platforms, including microservices, data pipelines, and UI/UX.
- Write production-ready, test-driven full-stack code using modern front-end and back-end technologies.
- Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards through code reviews, automated testing, and delivery practices.
- Partner with program officers, product owners, technical leads, customers, and stakeholders to define requirements, roadmaps, and delivery milestones.
- Represent the team in program reviews, stakeholder meetings, and client demonstrations.
- Drive performance tuning, security hardening, operational excellence, and mitigation of program and system-level technical risks.
- Lead system architecture, delegate tasks, collect design feedback, and independently drive solutions to complex or ambiguous problems.
- Act as a subject matter expert and lead a medium-sized multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Prepare technical documentation, procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other deliverables.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in software engineering or a related field; the role also specifies 7+ years of full-stack development experience and at least 2 years leading architecture decisions.
- Proven record of delivering production-grade web applications at scale.
- Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, CSS-in-JS, Node.js/Express, Python, and Java.
- Deep understanding of REST and GraphQL APIs, authentication and authorization, OAuth, OIDC, and cloud-native patterns.
- Experience with Jira, GitLab, and GitHub Actions.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; a master's degree is preferred.
- Preferred qualifications include hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience, deployments on AWS, GCP, or Azure, Terraform or CloudFormation, serverless architectures, event-driven designs, and high-availability multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Applicants must obtain and maintain a government security clearance; Secret clearance is desired and Top Secret clearance is preferred.
- Ability to lead architecture, solve complex customer-driven problems, communicate across multidisciplinary teams, and manage competing priorities.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in St. Petersburg, Florida, with 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.
- Work-life balance programs, workplace flexibility, employee clubs, health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureDockerExpressGitHub ActionsGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLJavaKubernetesNode.jsPostgreSQLPythonReactTerraformTypeScript
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About Draper
Draper is an independent, nonprofit engineering R&D organization that designs and delivers complex systems for government, defense, space, and biomedical customers. It works as a prime contractor and subcontractor on programs spanning guidance and navigation (PNT), autonomous systems, human systems, and special programs, with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its business model centers on sponsored research and engineering services for U.S. government agencies, industry partners, and academia.