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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Developer, Full Stack - **Company:** Vanderhouwen & Associates, Inc. - **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $160,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Multitier Architecture, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Code Review, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Warehousing, Database Queries, Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Application Data, Secure Coding, Systems Architecture, Management of Software Versions, Software Vulnerability Management, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Data Logging, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Vue.js, Data Layers, Graphql, Front End Software Development - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.vanderhouwen.com/job_posting/senior-developer-full-stack-73313/ ## About the Role * Active security clearance required; Top Secret preferred, with SCI eligibility. * 7+ years of professional full-stack development experience. * Strong frontend development experience with modern frameworks such as Vue or React. * Strong backend development experience using Python or a comparable language. * Proven experience designing, building, and consuming APIs in production environments. * Hands-on experience deploying and supporting applications in AWS. * Advanced AWS experience, including architecture-level decision-making, strongly preferred. * Experience designing application data models and building database interaction layers across relational or NoSQL systems. * Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions with minimal oversight. * Strong track record identifying and driving improvements to system architecture, developer workflows, and user experience. * Experience integrating AI or LLM capabilities into production applications strongly preferred. * Experience working with lakehouse or modern data warehouse architectures, and in data-intensive or analytics-driven environments, strongly preferred. ## Description Our client is seeking a Senior Developer, Full Stack for their US Space Systems team. This is a client-facing engineering role building data and AI-powered applications, supporting both high-impact client engagements and the ongoing evolution of internal products. The ideal candidate has deep experience across frontend and backend systems, strong architectural judgment, and comfort working across modern three-tier web application environments. 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