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We are seeking a versatile Full-Stack Systems Engineer to join a small, high-impact team in Annapolis Junction, MD, delivering enterprise web services hosted in AWS. In this mid-level role, you won't just take tasks off a board; you will own features end-to-end, drive system architecture decisions, and elevate the reliability and performance of systems that end-users love. As an engineer at Nyla, you are ever-curious and eager to make a direct impact. Working with limited supervision, you will design and implement features across the full stack—from intuitive user interfaces to secure backend APIs and data layers. You will take true ownership of services in production, driving continuous deployments, proactive monitoring, and root-cause troubleshooting. If you thrive in an Agile environment where clean code, creative problem-solving, and team collaboration come together to support critical missions, Team Nyla is looking for you.

The annual base salary range for this role is $170,000-$201,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Full-Stack Development: Professional experience developing software across the stack using one or more primary languages/frameworks (PHP, .NET/C#, Java, Node.js, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Vue.js, or React).

Linux Operations: Hands-on experience configuring, operating, and managing software deployed on Linux platforms (service configuration, log parsing, basic networking, and shell automation).

API Development Security: Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles, web authentication/authorization standards, and secure coding practices.

Database Management: Practical experience working with relational databases, including database design, query optimization, and index tuning.

Agile Collaboration: Demonstrated capability to communicate effectively, estimate effort accurately, and deliver working software iteratively within an Agile team.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 7+ years of professional software development experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 11+ years of hands-on technical software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

Hands-on experience building, deploying, and managing applications in AWS (IAM, EC2, ALB, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) or Azure equivalents.

Practical experience configuring and tuning web/application servers (Nginx, Apache, Tomcat).

Automation and scripting proficiency using Python or PowerShell, along with familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools.

Direct experience supporting production web services, including participating in incident response and on-call rotations.

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click https://nylatechnologysolutions.com/careers/#culture">here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.