Full Stack JavaScript Developer (Data and Search Focus) - TS Required

Location: Springfield, VA (On-site) or St. Louis, MO (On-site)

Clearance: TS Required

• Position Overview
• Metric5 is seeking a motivated Full Stack JavaScript Developer to join a highly visible mission project for our NGA customer.
• In this role, your primary focus will be designing, building, and maintaining robust web applications using React, Node.js, NestJS, and TypeScript within a modern cloud-native ecosystem. You will also assist with integrating, optimizing, and supporting the application's underlying data streaming infrastructure, CDC pipelines, and OpenSearch capabilities. You will work closely with cross-functional Agile teams, test engineers, and product stakeholders to ensure high application performance, seamless UX, and reliable data accessibility.

• Key Responsibilities
• Create fast, accessible, and responsive user interfaces using React, Material-UI, and Redux Toolkit.Develop robust REST APIs with NestJS and TypeORM backed by relational databases (MariaDB/MySQL) and search platforms (Opensearch, Solr).
• Write clean, maintainable code backed by automated unit and integration tests using modern JavaScript testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Testing Library).
• Deploy and support applications on OpenShift/Kubernetes managed via Helm charts and ArgoCD within a GitOps workflow.
• Contribute to the tuning of OpenSearch indexes and data pipelines to maintain fast, scalable data retrieval for NestJS services.Assist with maintaining and monitoring real-time Change Data Capture (CDC) and streaming data pipelines (Debezium, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Vector) that feed system search engines.
• Support the integration of semantic/vector search features (e.g., OpenSearch k-NN) and data enrichment workflows to power advanced application analytics.

• Required Qualifications & Skills
• Experience: 7+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on web application development.
• 7+ years with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• 7+ years with React, state management (Redux Toolkit), routing, and UI libraries (Material-UI).
• Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Vite, and responsive design patterns.
• 7+ years with Node.js and server-side frameworks (preferably NestJS).
• Experience with ORMs (TypeORM) and relational databases (MariaDB / MySQL).
• Proficiency in using AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to write, test, and refactor clean code efficiently.
• Hands-on experience designing RESTful APIs and documenting with OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Practical experience querying and integrating OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
• Baseline understanding of event-driven architectures and data streaming (Kafka, CDC/Debezium).
• At least 3 years of experience in an Agile/SAFe/Scrum environment building enterprise products.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Helm, or GitOps deployment workflows.
• Security+ Certification

• Desired Skills
• Exposure to vector databases (OpenSearch k-NN), semantic search, or AI model integration.
• Hands-on exposure to Apache Flink or Vector data routers.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Redis caching, and authentication patterns (OAuth2/OIDC, Keycloak, JWT).
• SAFe certification

Education: Bachelors in a Technical Discipline – Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree (Desired not required)

Years of Experience: 7+ years of experience or more

Salary Range: $140,000 to $170,000 annually

• About Metric5
• Metric5 is a small business with big company benefits. We have a passionate team of smart, fun, caring professionals, and we are here for the long haul. Join our growing team in a business where your contributions make an enormous impact. Our organization offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, continuous professional development, with a best in class company culture that is enjoyable to work in and supports the growth of each of our professionals.
• Our benefits include:
• Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with company match (employees are immediately vested)
• Paid Vacation
• 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
• Parental Leave
• Employee Bonuses
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Metric5 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration
• for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
• national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.