Full-Time

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Deadline 6/2/27
PeopleTec

PeopleTec

501-1,000 employees

Defense contractor: engineering, cybersecurity, program support.

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Huntsville, AL, USA

In Person

Travel up to 10% is required.

US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

Bachelor's

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Bash
Agile
Python
JavaScript
Atlassian
Git
Node.js
RDBMS
Docker
TypeScript
JIRA
Vue.js
MongoDB
Web Development
DevOps
Linux/Unix

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Requirements
  • At least 3 years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript application development.
  • Experience building frontend applications with Vue, preferably Vue 3.
  • Experience developing backend APIs and services with Node.js.
  • Experience working with relational databases and writing maintainable data-driven application logic.
  • Experience using Python for scripting, automation, data handling, integrations, or backend support tasks.
  • Experience using Git for source control in a collaborative software development environment.
  • Experience building, running, or troubleshooting applications in Docker containers.
  • Comfort working in Linux environments, including command-line usage, logs, services, file permissions, networking basics, and deployment troubleshooting.
  • Ability to work across the full application stack, including frontend, backend, database, containers, and deployment considerations.
  • Experience supporting deployed applications and troubleshooting real-world issues.
  • Ability to understand mission workflows, user needs, and operational processes, and build software that supports them effectively.
  • Strong judgment around maintainability, security, data quality, and user experience.
  • Ability to independently own moderately complex features or modules.
  • Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Must have an active Department of Defense Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance upon hire and be able to maintain it during employment.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack software applications supporting government customer missions within an Agile development environment.
  • Build and support modern web frontends using Vue 3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
  • Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js.
  • Create and support Python scripts, utilities, automation tasks, and integration workflows.
  • Build, maintain, and troubleshoot Docker-based application environments.
  • Support Linux-based application deployment, configuration, logging, and troubleshooting.
  • Contribute to coding standards, API design, database modeling, system architecture, and long-term platform maintainability.
  • Support production troubleshooting, defect resolution, and root-cause analysis.
  • Document technical decisions, application behavior, deployment steps, and support procedures.
  • Independently own moderately complex features, modules, or workstreams with appropriate guidance.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Vue 3 Composition API.
  • Experience with MongoDB.
  • Experience with Docker Compose or multi-container application environments.
  • Experience with Linux shell scripting.
  • Experience working with Atlassian tools, particularly Jira and Bitbucket.
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, automated testing, or release automation.
  • Experience working in government contracting, compliance-heavy, operational, or mission-support environments.
  • Familiarity with secure handling of sensitive operational, mission, customer, or government data.

PeopleTec is an employee-owned defense contractor in Huntsville that delivers engineering, cybersecurity, and program support services to the U.S. defense and civilian federal sectors. Its offerings include systems engineering, software development, test and evaluation, mission operations support, logistics, and a modeling/simulation group plus rapid prototyping in systems integration labs. The company operates by integrating engineering analysis, software/hardware development, rigorous testing, and lifecycle management to support defense programs from concept through deployment. It differentiates itself through its employee-owned structure, end-to-end program lifecycle capabilities, and a strong emphasis on modeling/simulation and rapid prototyping within government channels. Its goal is to help warfighters and federal agencies stay ready and effective by providing dependable, technically skilled services across the full spectrum of defense programs.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Huntsville, Alabama

Founded

2005

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What believers are saying

  • March 3, 2026 Nature benchmark recognition strengthens credibility in AI-enabled defense work.
  • PeopleTec completed an AI instructor pilot field assessment at Fort Rucker in 2026.
  • 2026 promotions and PMI-NAC honors signal leadership depth and low internal churn.

What critics are saying

  • Revenue concentration on MDA and Army task orders exposes PeopleTec to recompete shocks.
  • PeopleTec's February 11, 2026 MDA contract runs five years; first-order failure damages credibility.
  • A failed protest or lost missile-defense recompete can break the company.

What makes PeopleTec unique

  • Employee-owned since 2016, PeopleTec ties retention to delivery in Huntsville's talent market.
  • PeopleTec won MDA's $48.1 million model-based systems engineering IDIQ on February 11, 2026.
  • GAO upheld PeopleTec's Army RTO $270 million order on June 24, 2025 after protest.

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