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Full Stack Developer

Posted on: February 25, 2021 Apply Now
Experiential Learning, Full-Time Job Data & Technology, Financial Services, Logistics, & Management, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Sciences, Natural Resources, Sustainability, & Environmental ScienceExpires April 25, 2021

If you want to accelerate your career growth and are passionate about applying your expertise to solve problems of national importance then we have the job you are looking for! You will be able to achieve your personal and professional goals in a stable environment that emphasizes and rewards the entrepreneurial spirit.

Take the projects we’re now working on. You will be a key member of ARA supporting multiple teams developing enterprise technologies to support real-world planning operations for the military and defense communities. These multi-disciplinary collaborative teams of engineers and scientists researching and developing these technologies are part of our employee-owned international research and engineering company. ARA is recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems, and you will be on this team.

  • You will use your expertise in full stack web development to build web apps that help users solve real world problems
  • You will work with customers to understand and elicit requirements and build intuitive, interactive, and flexible user interfaces that address complex problems
  • You will be responsible for integrating a web application front-end to data analytics and modeling and simulation tools
  • You will design database schemas, use a wide range of data storage technologies, and develop efficient strategies for querying large data repositories
  • You will be working closely with a collaborative team so your team player personality and excellent written/oral communication skills will be essential

Our technology:

  • Mastery of Java development, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Modern web UI frameworks and application frameworks. For example, Java Server Pages / Java Server Faces, Spring, J2EE, Angular, Vue, React, Bootstrap, jQuery
  • Relational databases (SQL, ORMs, and Mongo)
  • Developing REST based APIs
  • AWS, Docker, and load balancing

Senior Full Stack Developer Technical requirements:

  • Due to the work you’ll perform and interactions with intelligence community, DHS, and DoD programs you will need to be a US citizen with an active DoD Security Clearance or eligible to obtain one (selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements at the time of employment)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in computer science along with 2-4 years of related experience OR 8-10 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Strong experience in at least one of our technologies
  • A desire to learn at least one of our other technologies

About Us:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company known for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. We were founded in Albuquerque, NM in 1979 as the disco era was, thankfully, closing out and the personal computer era was beginning. We employ over 1,400 professionals and continue to grow. ARA offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. Around ARA you are equally likely to hear a conversation about Kubernetes clusters as you are a debate on merits of a reverse polish notation (RPN) calculator!

While this is all of the Year One and Beyond stuff, Day One is highly impressive too. These are things like our competitive salary (DOE), Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k) with matching program, benefits package which includes medical, dental vision, flex spending, telehealth services, company-paid life & disability insurance including paid maternity disability leave through our company-paid short-term disability benefit, domestic partner coverage, dependent care flex spending, daycare discounts, pet insurance, relocation opportunities, floating holidays, tuition reimbursement, professional development as well as flexible schedules with remote/work from home options. ARA also prides ourselves on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets, so we give our employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. The company realizes employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.

ARA is passionate about inclusion and diversity in our workplace. In 2018 40% of our new employees voluntarily self-identified as protected veterans. (Source-AAP EOY 2018 Veterans Data Collection Report). We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments. Additionally, the Southeast Division looks not only for the right skills, but also for a cultural fit. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique culture that makes ARA such a great place to work. Some of the social impact aspects we have implemented at our division include monthly get-togethers, team outings to local baseball games in the summer, board game lunches, holiday party, corn hole tournaments, chili cook-offs and so on. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.

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