Full Stack Developer (Java, Spring Boot, Angular)
Content + Source + Freshness • 17 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value due to strong compensation and involvement in significant government projects.
- Competitive salary and benefits in government contracting
- Engagement in vital national security projects
- Requires strong technical expertise and prior experience
Pros
- Involvement in projects supporting national security.
- Strong compensation signal with government projects.
- Opportunity to work in a collaborative Agile environment.
Cons
- Extensive requirements may limit candidate pool.
- Security clearances can be time-consuming.
- Potential for high workload periods during project deadlines.
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Hybrid with some in-office requirements
Good fit
- Experienced full stack developers with Java/Angular proficiency
- Individuals focused on impactful tech work
- Professionals experienced in Agile development
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without relevant skills
- Those seeking fully remote and flexible roles
- Individuals hesitant to work with government regulations
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 years’ experience or Associate’s degree and 14 years’ experience or a Masters degree and 10 years of experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 16 years of experience.
- U.S. Citizenship Required.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a CBP background investigation, which may take up to 12 months to complete. The investigation includes:
- 3 year check for felony convictions
- 1 year check for illegal drug use and misconduct such as theft or fraud.
- 7+ years of related technical experience with software design, development and implementation in a Windows Environment.
- Proficiency in Java 8 or higher, including an in-depth understanding of OOP principles, data structures, and algorithms.
- Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and other modules, including dependency injection and aspect-oriented programming.
- Strong knowledge of designing and implementing RESTful APIs, including standards, versioning, and documentation.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, and Mockito.
- In-depth knowledge of the Angular framework
- Must have expert experience in the following programming languages/libraries: Angular, Typescript, JavaScript, CSS and HTML
- Knowledge of creating Angular components, services, good understanding of state management and UI performance
- Experience with Java; Familiarity with any of the following: Hibernate (or other ORM), JAX-RS, JavaScript, XML, JSON, Web-Services (JAX-WS or JAX-RS), JBoss, Eclipse, maven, junit, and shell scripting
- Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred)
- Experience using SQL or PL/SQL to access Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server databases
- Experience with data base design
- Ability to apply estimation techniques to software development efforts
- Working knowledge of and ability to assist others in the use of software engineering tools to support process improvement
- Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Technical Certifications, such as OCAJP; OCPJP; OCE, OCM; CSM.
- DOD 8570 certification
- Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas
- Additionally, familiarity with any of the following is highly desirable: HTML, React, Spring, VMware, ETL tools, ESB, message queuing, application security, automated testing, UML, VersionOne, Jira, or Sparx Enterprise Architect, PostGres, Aurora
Peraton is seeking a Full Stack Developer with strong Java/Spring Boot/Angular experience to join our BEAGLE Team (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology), supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The ideal candidate will serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing software development and maintenance for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles.
As a member of the BEAGLE Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity. Make a direct impact on national security while working with cutting-edge technologies.
Location: Ashburn, VA 2-3 days on site per week.
Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:
- Designing, developing, and implementing custom software and database application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight
- Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success
- Providing improvements to the product(s) being supported
- Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases
- Supporting release planning with conceptual design and development / refinement of software engineering guidelines
- Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components
- Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports
- Providing mentoring to junior members of the team
