Junior Full Stack Web Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Job Family:

Software Development & Support

Travel Required:

Up to 25%

Clearance Required:

Active Secret

What You Will Do:

Guidehouse is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to support the design, development, testing, and deployment of a secure, AI-enabled analytic and decision-support platform for DoW, federal, and enterprise stakeholders. This role will help build the user-facing application, backend services, APIs, data integrations, dashboards, and workflow capabilities needed to move the solution from prototype to production.

The Full Stack Engineer will work closely with AI engineers, functional SMEs, architects, product managers, UX designers, and data teams to ensure the platform is intuitive, reliable, secure, and aligned to real operational workflows. This role is focused on delivering production-quality software that supports analyst productivity, transparent outputs, and secure integration with enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy full stack application capabilities for a secure analytic and decision-support platform.

• Develop responsive, user-friendly web interfaces that support analyst workflows, scenario inputs, review steps, dashboard views, and report outputs.

• Build backend services, APIs, and integration layers that connect the application to data sources, AI services, model outputs, and enterprise systems.

• Support implementation of workflows for scenario management, assumptions management, review comments, approvals, audit trails, and user-facing validation logic.

• Develop dashboards, visualizations, forms, and reporting views that present analytical outputs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Integrate AI-enabled capabilities into the application experience, including model outputs, explanations, confidence indicators, citations, traceability, and human-in-the-loop review points.

• Implement role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, data protections, and secure application patterns appropriate for DoW and federal environments.

• Support data ingestion, transformation, and validation workflows in coordination with data engineers, AI engineers, and functional SMEs.

• Build reusable front-end and back-end components that can support future enhancements and related Guidehouse delivery efforts.

• Participate in system design, sprint planning, code reviews, testing, deployment readiness, and user acceptance activities.

• Implement automated testing, CI/CD practices, documentation, logging, monitoring, and error handling to support production readiness.

• Troubleshoot defects, performance issues, integration challenges, and user experience gaps across the full application stack.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate functional requirements into technical designs and working software.

What You Will Need:

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD securityclearance.

• Bachelor's degree. Four (4) additional years of exp can be used in lieu of degree.

• Must be a US citizen.

• Five (5) years of experience in Full Stack development.

• Experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying full stack web applications.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, application architecture, data models, authentication, authorization, testing, and secure coding practices.

• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar technologies.

• Experience with backend development using Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, or similar languages and frameworks.

• Experience building and integrating REST APIs, microservices, data services, or workflow services.

• Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL databases, data modeling, query development, and application data integration.

• Experience developing dashboards, forms, visualizations, or user interfaces for analytical or operational workflows.

• Experience working in cloud, containerized, or enterprise deployment environments using CI/CD, version control, automated testing, and DevSecOps practices.

• Ability to work with product owners, functional SMEs, AI engineers, architects, and data teams to translate requirements into working software.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfort operating in regulated, audit-sensitive, federal, or DoW environments.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting DoW, federal, national security, or large enterprise technology modernization programs.

• Experience developing applications in secure federal or DoW cloud environments.

• Experience with Python, FastAPI, Node.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or related technologies.

• Experience integrating AI, machine learning, analytics, or decision-support capabilities into user-facing applications.

• Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation, model output review, human-in-the-loop workflows, explainability, traceability, or AI-enabled user experiences.

• Experience implementing role-based access control, audit logging, data governance controls, information assurance requirements, or secure deployment patterns.

• Experience building dashboards, reporting tools, scenario modeling interfaces, or workflow management applications.

• Experience supporting demonstrations, pilots, prototypes, production releases, testing, and user acceptance with Government or enterprise stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility, UX best practices, and design systems for federal applications.

• Experience contributing reusable components, shared services, or reference architectures for enterprise software delivery.

The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00-$133,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse's Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant's dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.