Fastapi Developer Jobs in Bethesda, MD (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Computer Technologies Consultants (CTC) is a leading technology company providing various IT and data analytics services. They are seeking a Full Stack Software Developer to support the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in Washington, DC, focusing on application development, collaboration, cloud deployment, and maintaining high-quality standards in software delivery.
Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, test, and deploy new features and enhancements across front-end (ReactJS) and back-end (Python/FastAPI) layers of Agency applications.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs using FastAPI, ensuring proper validation, error handling, versioning, and documentation (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger).
• Develop responsive, accessible front-end interfaces using ReactJS, adhering to Agency UX standards and Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Implement and manage data models, queries, migrations, and stored procedures within PostgreSQL databases, with attention to performance and data integrity.
• Operate within Agency trunk-based development workflow, committing small, incremental changes frequently to the main branch to reduce integration risk and maintain codebase.
• Participate in code reviews, providing/receiving feedback to maintain code quality/consistency.
• Collaborate with Agency engineers, product owners, and analysts to understand requirements, refine user stories, and deliver working software iteratively.
• Adhere to Agency's branching, commit, and merge standards, including the use of short-lived feature branches and feature flags where applicable.
• Package applications/services using Docker, maintaining clean/reproducible container images.
• Support deployment of containerized workloads to AWS environments (e.g., ECS, EKS, or equivalent managed services), working within existing cloud infrastructure patterns.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of AWS services relevant to application hosting and operation, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and VPC networking concepts.
• Collaborate with Agency infrastructure staff on environment configuration, secrets management, and cloud resource usage.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve application defects, performance issues, and security vulnerabilities across all layers of the stack.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, refactoring code to improve maintainability, readability, and test coverage.
• Monitor application behavior and logs (e.g., via AWS CloudWatch or equivalent) and respond to operational issues as needed.
• Write and maintain automated unit, integration, and regression tests for both back-end (pytest or equivalent) and front-end (Jest, React Testing Library, or equivalent) code.
• Ensure new features and bug fixes have appropriate test coverage prior to merge.
• Participate in functional and user acceptance testing in coordination with Agency stakeholders.
• Maintain technical documentation for all developed systems, including API documentation, data model diagrams, architecture decision records, and developer setup guides.
• Document operational procedures, environment configurations, and known issues in Agency's designated knowledge management platform.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5 years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field; OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in: Python, FastAPI, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
• Possess sufficient familiarity with AWS cloud services to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications in cloud-hosted environments.
• Public Trust Tier 2 clearance level and background check.
Preferred:
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline concepts and IaC tooling (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions) is desired; expected to write code that integrates cleanly into existing automated pipelines.
Company:
CTC engages in cross-disciplinary business activities that respond to the research, scientific, technological, creative and educational needs of the leather, leather goods, footwear, apparel and textile industries. Founded in 1899, the company is headquartered in Lyon, FRA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.