201 back end engineer jobs at 93 companies in McLean, VA
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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Own the crawlers, pipelines, and infrastructure powering a real-time job search engine. Strong Node.js and Python fundamentals; bonus points for security and reverse-engineering chops.
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Consulting and technology services for government and commercial clients
Experience with Java and back-end frameworks (Spring/Quarkus), Git/GitLab CI/CD, TS/SCI clearance required; HS diploma or GED required; ability to obtain Security+ within 6 months.
BDR Solutions: Provider of IT, engineering, and consulting for federal agencies.
7+ YOEBachelor's degree, U.S. citizenship with Public Trust eligibility, 7+ years back-end development (3+ years senior/lead), AWS/Kubernetes experience, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions), and tools such as Git, SonarQube, NexusIQ, Selenium, AppDynamics.
Potawatomi Federal Solutions: Provides administrative and strategic support to tribally owned federal contractors.
7+ YOEBachelor's in Computer Science or related, Public Trust clearance, 7+ years back-end development (3+ years senior), experience with Java/Node.js/Python, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, and federal security standards.
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Provides technology and management consulting services to diverse organizations.
3+ YOE3+ years in software development; experience with Java and Docker; TS/SCI clearance; associate or bachelor’s degree with software engineering experience
Quidient: Develops AI for 3D scene reconstruction and virtualization.
4+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,4+ years building backend systems/APIs,strong AWS,Docker,Python or Node.js,CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code experience,ability to meet security vetting.
MaximusNYSE: MMS: Provides government health and human services program administration.
10+ YOE5+ MgmtActive Top Secret/SCI clearance, bachelor’s degree in a related field, 10+ years experience, 5+ years back-end development with Python and PostgreSQL, experience with RESTful APIs, AWS, Kubernetes, RedHat Linux, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and related toolchains.
Horizon3.ai: Autonomous penetration testing platform for continuous security assessment.
7+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related,7+ years software engineering,expert SQL,cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP),Docker/Kubernetes,GraphQL/ETL experience,ability to obtain/maintain TS clearance.
Vanda PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: VNDA: Develops and commercializes therapies for unmet medical needs.
4+ YOE4+ years in full stack/developer roles; strong Ruby on Rails; frontend with Vue/React/TypeScript; RESTful and GraphQL APIs; databases PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/DynamoDB; AWS; CI/CD; healthcare data security knowledge.
Aerstone: A cybersecurity and software development firm delivering secure, scalable, mission-critical technology solutions to government and commercial partners.
5+ YOEActive TS/SCI clearance, Bachelor’s in CS or related field, 5+ years backend development (NodeJS), advanced SQL, AWS data pipelines, Docker, Python/JavaScript, secure coding and RMF knowledge.
Cape Fox Federal Integrators: Provides government agencies with professional, technical, and training services.
8+ YOETop Secret/SCI eligibility with CI Polygraph, Bachelor’s in CS or related, 8+ years backend experience, proficiency with server-side languages, databases, APIs, cloud, containers, and classified-environment security.
Vantor: Providing AI-powered spatial intelligence and high-resolution Earth observation.
5+ YOE5+ years backend software engineering; strong Python; PostgreSQL; Elasticsearch; AWS (S3, RDS); TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph; Bachelor's in CS/Systems Eng or equivalent; strong debugging and CI/CD skills.
Cav: Continuous cyber assurance platform for high-reliability organizations.
3+ YOE3+ years backend or AI engineering experience; strong Python/Java/Go skills; experience with scalable APIs, microservices, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker/Kubernetes, LLMs, vector databases, and production ML integration.
Command Cyber Solutions: Provides cybersecurity and IT services to federal government agencies.
7+ YOEIRS Public Trust required, bachelor's degree in CS or related, 7+ years back-end experience (3+ in senior role), experience with AWS,Kubernetes,CI/CD and federal security standards, strong API and secure development skills.
VIA: Provides secure decentralized identity and data privacy software solutions.
Production experience building backend services in TypeScript and Go, PostgreSQL schema and query optimization, AWS and containerized deployments, API design, AI-assisted development experience; U.S. citizenship and bachelor's or equivalent required.
United States or Tampa or Boston or Atlanta or New York City or Columbus or Chicago or Philadelphia or Raleigh or Charlotte or Minneapolis or Dallas or Washington D.C. or Austin or Miami or Newark
$152k-$194k/yrRemoteFull Time
RealNasdaq: REAX: Technology-driven brokerage offering residential real estate and title services.
8+ YOE8+ years experience with Java/Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, relational databases; experience designing event-driven microservices, strong testing practices, AI-assisted development familiarity, BA/BS or equivalent.
Java 17, Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, JPA/Hibernate 6, Postgres, Kafka, DynamoDB, Redis, OpenSearch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, ArgoCD, TeamCity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Model Context Protocol (MCP), GitHub, SonarQube
Creative Information Technology: Provides IT solutions and software for government and healthcare sectors.
Strong experience building scalable RESTful APIs and serverless applications in AWS using Node.js or Python; familiarity with API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Cognito, S3, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
SAICNYSE: SAIC: Provides engineering, IT, and mission support services to government.
U.S. citizen with active Secret clearance; experience with C#/.NET Core or .NET Framework, PL/SQL, API development, RESTful services, Git/Gitlab, and enterprise application delivery in Agile environments.
Microsoft .NET Core, Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, PL/SQL, Git, Gitlab, REST API, JWT, Docker, CI/CD