Mid-Level Full Stack Developer
Synergy ECP · Suitland, MD
$170,000–$190,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Suitland, MD
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A small, hybrid development team in Suitland, MD needs a full stack engineer to build and maintain cloud-native applications in classified government environments. Day-to-day work spans Django-based APIs, React/Next.js interfaces, PostgreSQL schema design, and AWS infrastructure managed via Terraform — across multiple classification levels. The role suits an experienced developer equally comfortable on the backend and frontend who holds an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (12)
The role is hybrid (2–3 days on-site in Suitland, MD), not fully remote.
The title 'Full Stack Developer' carries no seniority modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 5+ years requirement, end-to-end ownership expectations, and classified-environment scope support a Senior classification.
Django and FastAPI are listed as interchangeable alternatives in the Required Experience section ('Django, FastAPI, or equivalent'); they are captured as a single requirement with FastAPI as the alternative.
React and Next.js are both named throughout the posting as the frontend stack and are treated as interchangeable options per the 'React, Next.js, or equivalent' phrasing in Required Experience.
OIDC and SAML are listed together as interchangeable authentication protocol options; CAC/PIV is a related authentication mechanism also required but captured under the same authentication gate.
Specific AWS services (EKS, Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC, KMS) are called out in the narrative as 'familiar territory' under the technical requirements section, treated as required given the firm gating language ('should be familiar territory' in context of 'Everything runs in AWS').
Aurora appears both as a named AWS service (required context) and explicitly as 'a plus' in the database section — marked preferred to reflect the more conservative, explicit signal.
AI-assisted development tooling is explicitly called a 'required competency' in the posting but names no specific product; it is omitted from the skills list as it does not resolve to a concrete named technology.
Preferred skills (Aurora, Kubernetes/EKS, Helm, LLMs/RAG/generative AI integration, NIST 800-53, multi-classification architectures, IC/DoD familiarity) are drawn from the explicit 'Preferred Experience' section.
The B.S. degree in a STEM field is listed as a hard requirement in the Required Experience section; the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Compensation is stated as a typical range of $170,000–$190,000/year with language indicating willingness to exceed that range for exceptional candidates.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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