Full-Stack Software Engineer (Backend Focus) at Visionist · Columbia

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.
Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for a Full-Stack Software Engineer with a focus on the backend on our PRIME contract. You will be joining an exciting mission centered around providing visualization and presentation services for the prototyping, development, and production of analytic tools. The team is responsible for reverse engineering captured databases through the development of a tool used to view acquired data and working hand in hand with analysts to pull data and place it into an ELK stack to make it easier to search and understand. You will have the chance to rotate within different teams on the project, developing and broadening your skillset. If this opportunity sounds exciting, then this is the place for you!
For over 15 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com.
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Your contributions are…
- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications with emphasis on backend services
- Build scalable data ingestion, parsing, and search pipelines for complex, relational datasets
- Implement repeatable solutions by leveraging Elastic, NodeJS, and modern frameworks
- Integrate datasets into searchable and user-friendly interfaces using React and Elastic Stack
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver responsive solutions
- Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability across the data lifecycle
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development practices, including automation and CI/CD
Requirements for your new career…
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
- 14 years of experience in software development
- Experience using Elastic Stack, JavaScript (NodeJS), and NiFi
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), Git and modern version control workflows, CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)/user experience design considerations (desired)
Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career
- We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
- Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
- 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
- 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
- Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
- Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
- Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
- Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability
Salary range: $180,000 - $225,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.
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Not a good fit? Check out our other opportunities: https://jobs.jobvite.com/visionist
Next steps: Apply online and one of our recruiters will reach out to you. We have a streamlined process of phone screen with a recruiter, interview with a Visionist team at our HQ in Columbia, MD, and that is all!
Interested in learning more about Visionist and the work we do? Check out our website! https://www.visionistinc.com/what-we-do
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U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance.
Visionist, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities employer.