Senior Full-Stack Engineer - $215K Federal GovCon in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a senior-level, high-compensation role in the federal IT contracting space — a sector known for stability and above-market pay. At $190K–$215K annually, this is well above median for full-stack engineers in the US (typically $130K–$160K at senior level), reflecting both the depth of experience required (10+ years) and the complexity of federal/regulated environments.
Career development opportunities are strong:
- You'll work across a rare combination of AI/ML (LLMs, RAG), DevSecOps, cloud architecture (AWS), and data engineering — a cross-disciplinary skill set that's highly marketable in both public and private sectors.
- Experience with FISMA, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and ATO processes is a specialized differentiator that opens doors to other lucrative federal contracts and security-focused roles.
- Tuition and technical training reimbursement supports ongoing certification growth (AWS, CISSP, Databricks, CKA/CKS).
Green flags: Named a Top Workplace since 2018, ISO and CMMI certified, stable government contracting foundation, employer 401K match, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Considerations: Federal contracting roles can sometimes be slower-paced and more process-heavy than product startups. The Public Trust clearance requirement also limits your ability to transition quickly between jobs. However, for a senior engineer seeking stability, strong compensation, and cutting-edge technical exposure in a regulated domain, this is an excellent opportunity.
Headquarters: United States
URL: https://www.edgewaterit.com
Overview
Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking an experienced Full-Stack Platform Engineer. The Full-Stack Platform Engineer provides senior technical leadership and hands-on engineering for a secure enterprise data analytics platform supporting a federal environment. The role designs and delivers scalable web applications, APIs, data integrations, cloud solutions, and secure development practices while guiding technical decisions and resolving complex platform issues.
*Due to the nature of the work and contract - US Citizenship is required.
*This is a remote role.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Lead architecture, design, and development of full-stack solutions using React, Node.js/Express, Python (Flask/FastAPI), REST APIs, and advanced SQL.
- Design and support cloud-based data integrations, ETL/ELT pipelines, Databricks or equivalent analytics services, and data quality capabilities.
- Establish secure engineering and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automated security testing, containerization, infrastructure as code, and code reviews.
- Integrate AI/ML capabilities, including LLM APIs, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, and secure handling of sensitive data.
- Architect solutions within AWS using appropriate IAM, networking, secrets management, encryption, logging, and security controls.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, support production troubleshooting, and communicate technical recommendations to stakeholders.
Qualifications
- US Citizenship Required
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of software/platform engineering experience, including senior technical leadership or architecture responsibilities.
- Strong experience with React, Python and/or Node.js, REST APIs, advanced SQL, AWS, and modern data platforms.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes or ECS, Terraform, Git, and automated security tooling.
- Knowledge of application security, IAM/RBAC, OWASP practices, observability, and secure cloud architecture.
- Experience supporting federal or regulated environments and familiarity with FISMA, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and ATO processes.
- Preferred certifications include AWS, CISSP/Security+, Databricks, CKA/CKS, or comparable technical credentials.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and standard office equipment.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen (15) pounds.
- Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding).
Salary: $190,000.00 - $215,000.00
Additional benefits include:
- Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
- Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
- Exercise Reimbursement
- Computer Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
Working at Edgewater Federal Solutions:
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies since 2018.
Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status and/or other status protected by applicable law. #LI-HH1
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/edgewater-federal-solutions-inc-full-stack-platform-engineer
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