# Full-Stack Software Engineer > Blue Tiger · United States (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-04-03 **Salary:** USD 140,000–160,000 **Workplace:** remote ## Description [Blue Tiger](http://www.bluetiger.digital) is looking for a full-time Software Engineer to join our talented team of technologists. **Mission impact**  For this role, you will work with federal government employees, designers, and technologists to design and create digital content for public use and benefit.  You will work as part of a team supporting an important healthcare mission with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The product you will support helps serve the nation’s most economically disadvantaged populations, including many with complex and costly health care needs. **About Blue Tiger** Blue Tiger is a team of design, engineering, data, and product experts dedicated to building simple, reliable, and scalable public services. We partner with government agencies to deliver great software, applying human-centered design and software development practices in complex, regulated environments.  You’ll be a key part of our growing team of civic technologists, excited about making an impact on how government serves the public through technology. ## Requirements **What you’ll do:** - Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems - Analyze a set of business requirements, break them into technical features and tasks, and visualize how the different aspects of the system will come together through data structures, APIs, etc. - Be a member of a cross-functional team with members including user experience professionals, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists - Craft technical solutions across the entirety of a system, including UI development, API development, and everything in between  - Adhere to lean-agile engineering principles  - Advocate for and use modern software engineering best practices such as API-first design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing - Analyze systems to identify technical debt, instability, unreliability, and other opportunities for improvement, and design, document, and communicate solutions - Represent Blue Tiger's culture of delivery when interacting with government stakeholders and other contractors **What we’re looking for:** - 5+ years of experience building applications using Python, Ruby, JavaScript, or other open-source programming languages. - 5+ years of experience working with APIs. - 5+ years of experience working with React, Redux, and Node.js. - 5+ years of experience developing software in a distributed team environment. - 2+ years of experience with Apache Kafka - 5+ years of experience with backend software development - Expertise in the building blocks of the web: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON. This includes how to write accessible semantic HTML and clean CSS that conforms to design systems. - Experience building applications using modern client-side frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue.js. - In-depth knowledge of how to deliver application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, and performant - Expertise in using version control systems such as GitHub - Experience with backend concepts and technologies such as data structures, NoSQL design patterns, Lambda, and DynamoDB - Experience working hands-on within a cloud environment like AWS (especially with AWS CDK) or Azure. - Ability to author developer-friendly documentation, such as API documentation and deployment operations - Commitment to delivering polished, easy-to-read, well-documented code (ESLint & Prettier are a plus). - Proven ability to apply good software engineering principles and practices - Ability to select and use the best tools for the job, particularly open-source solutions - Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences - Experience working within a scrum/agile development methodology and environment We encourage all interested candidates to apply. If you have more experience beyond what is detailed here, we’d be happy to take a look. If you meet most but not all of the requirements, we still want to hear from you! ## Benefits The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $160,000. We focus on supporting you in a variety of ways: - 100% coverage of employee Medical, dental, and vision insurance - Automatic 401(k) contribution of 10% of your salary by the company, with no vesting period and no required individual contribution - Paid time off, including 25 vacation days, 12 federal holidays, and unlimited sick leave - Bonuses for annual performance, business development, company growth, and referrals - Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development - Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases - Remote work environment We participate in E-Verify and, upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. ## Apply [Apply at Blue Tiger](https://apply.workable.com/blue-tiger/j/FE02AAA08C/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)