Pacific Northwest  Issued 2026-05-23

Senior Software Engineer

Ten years in software engineering; five contracting companies on the same federal program (Defense Health Agency, Solution Delivery Division). Architecture practice across event-driven NestJS backends, DHS Trusted Tester Section 508 audits, and ATO-aligned delivery.

Role
Senior Software Engineer
Program
DHA · Web & Mobile
Based
47.32°N / 122.31°W
Status
Open to IC work

Credentials

Years shipping
10+
Companies · DHA program
5
DHS Trusted Tester
issued 04/2025
Methodology
SAFe 6 Agile SE

Stack & Domain

  • Primary NestJS · DDD + event-driven · WebSockets Backend
  • Primary React PWA · federal web + mobile clients Frontend
  • Primary DHS Trusted Tester · Section 508 + WCAG 2.2 AA Compliance
  • Adjacent Kotlin / Android · platform migration lead Mobile
  • Adjacent FHIR · clinical data interop Domain
  • Adjacent STIG hardening · ATO release path Security
  • Tooling TDD · BDD · Cucumber + WebdriverIO Tests
  • Tooling OpenTofu · Ansible · Flux CD · Bun Runtime

Focus Areas

  • Event-driven architecture (NestJS, WebSockets) Primary
  • Section 508 + WCAG 2.2 Level AA Primary
  • Clean architecture · DDD · bounded contexts Primary
  • Rust systems work Learning
  • Post-quantum cryptography Curious

Systems should be boring in production and interesting in design.

House Principle