We are seeking a motivated Junior Full-Stack Developer to join our AWS-focused development team. This role provides hands-on experience building secure, scalable web applications and services in AWS, contributing to front-end, back-end, and DevOps activities within a government context. You'll work under the guidance of senior engineers to deliver reliable, compliant software for our USPTO/IDE product lines, while growing your cloud and full-stack capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners and designers to implement features from requirements to deployment in AWS-based environments.
• Develop and maintain front-end components (e.g., React/TypeScript) and server-side APIs (e.g., Spring Boot 3.x, Node.js, Python) deployed on AWS services (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS/Aurora, S3).
• Work with PostgreSQL 17 for relational data storage, schema design, and query optimization.
• Write clean, testable code, participate in code reviews, and contribute to unit and integration tests.
• Assist with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation); help maintain secure, auditable deployments.
• Help monitor application health, respond to incidents with guidance from seniors, and support basic observability (CloudWatch, Splunk).
• Contribute to documentation, coding standards, and security best practices appropriate for government environments.
• Support data ingestion, logging, and observability requirements as part of data governance initiatives.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0–2 years of full-stack development experience.
• Foundational knowledge of at least one front-end framework (React, Angular, or Vue) and one backend framework/language; experience with Spring Boot 3.x is strongly preferred.
• Practical experience or coursework with PostgreSQL (preferably PostgreSQL 17) and basic database concepts (SQL).
• Basic familiarity with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS/Aurora, IAM) and core cloud concepts.
• Understanding of RESTful API design and basic database concepts (SQL or NoSQL).
• Basic knowledge of version control (Git) and the software development lifecycle.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn in a regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and basic orchestration (ECS/EKS) is a plus.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (CloudWatch, Splunk, or similar).
• Awareness of security fundamentals, data privacy, and secure coding practices in government contexts.
• U.S. Government or regulated industry experience or interest in government work.

Physical/Data/Other

• Ability to work on-site or remotely per team policy.
• Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship (or per internal policy).