EL1 Full Stack Engineer

EL1 Full Stack Engineer - Federal Government
Contract: Initial 12 months
Clearance: NV1
Level: EL1 Full Stack Engineer

We are seeking an experienced EL1 Full Stack Engineer to join a major Federal Government technology program delivering and supporting complex, business-critical digital systems.

This is a senior hands-on engineering opportunity suited to someone with strong AWS, API development, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps expertise who can operate independently while providing technical leadership within an Agile full-stack team.

The Role

Working within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, you will design, build, deploy and support applications, integrations and cloud-based solutions. You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle while helping ensure solutions meet architectural, integration and engineering standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, build, deploy and support complex systems, applications and integrations.
• Develop scalable cloud solutions within AWS environments.
• Build complex APIs and backend services using technologies including Golang, TypeScript and Python.
• Develop and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes and Helm for containerisation and orchestration.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub/GitLab and associated DevOps tooling.
• Participate in technical design, development, deployment and ongoing code maintenance.
• Undertake peer code reviews and maintain strong engineering and coding standards.
• Develop automated unit, component, integration and functional testing.
• Collaborate with QA teams on integration and end-to-end testing.
• Engage with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements and priorities.
• Provide technical leadership within Agile project teams.

What We're Looking For

To be successful, you will bring strong hands-on engineering experience across:

• AWS infrastructure and cloud services, including designing and managing scalable cloud solutions.
• Full SDLC delivery, from technical design and development through deployment, code review and long-term maintenance.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• API and service development using Golang, TypeScript and/or Python, including REST and GraphQL.
• Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
• DevOps and CI/CD, including GitHub/GitLab, Artifactory, Jira and HashiCorp Vault.
• Automated testing across unit, component, integration and functional levels.

Highly regarded experience includes React and TypeScript, WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and effective use of AI development tooling and spec-driven development.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Full Stack Engineer who enjoys remaining technically hands-on while also contributing leadership, engineering standards and stakeholder engagement within a significant Federal Government digital environment.

If you have strong AWS, Golang/TypeScript/Python, Terraform, Kubernetes and DevOps experience and are looking for your next Federal Government contract, we would be keen to to see your application.