Focus
Focus
Focus is a consulting firm founded in 2018 that works with government agencies to improve digital services and access to essential programs. Its work includes modernizing legacy systems, applying human-centered design, and using iterative development to build practical, accessible solutions for the people and public organizations that rely on them. The company operates across consulting, healthcare, and logistics, bringing technology and service design together to address complex operational needs.

Senior Software Engineer – United States Remote

Build full-stack testing tools, React applications, and AWS CI/CD infrastructure for civic-tech programs serving government agencies. Focus seeks a senior engineer experienced with TypeScript, Python, cloud systems, and distributed integrations.

Description

  • Build and maintain scalable end-to-end UI and API test automation with Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product areas
  • Create Python and REST API tools for automated data generation and synthetic applicant profiles
  • Develop React and TypeScript interfaces that help vendors and government stakeholders create test scenarios and track pipeline status
  • Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines with quality gates and feature-based promotion workflows
  • Lead scheduled sprint triage to investigate failures in a complex multi-vendor environment
  • Determine whether failures originate from cloud changes, vendor releases, or test configuration issues
  • Deliver constructive guidance through code reviews and one-to-one mentoring
  • Define strong coding standards and consistent engineering practices
  • Act as a technical point of contact for client leaders and external vendors
  • Assist with Terraform-based cloud infrastructure changes
  • Integrate automated security scanning and support ongoing compliance in FedRAMP and Public Trust environments

Requirements

  • At least five years of professional experience building full-stack applications and engineering tools with TypeScript and Python
  • Hands-on experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code platforms such as Terraform
  • Background designing complex systems that integrate with external services, databases, and third-party APIs
  • Demonstrated success working on cross-functional Agile teams
  • Ability to estimate complex engineering work
  • Experience communicating technical progress directly to client stakeholders
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for complex distributed failures involving multi-vendor applications and microservices
  • Previous work on federal digital services or civic-tech initiatives
  • Familiarity with AWS GovCloud
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance requirements
  • Familiarity with observability tools
  • Experience building synthetic test-data generators or sophisticated mock-data services for enterprise integrations
  • US work authorization
  • Ability to satisfy additional requirements associated with applicable government contracts
  • Work authorization that will not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
  • Willingness to undergo a government background check or security clearance when required by the contract
  • Residence in the continental United States
  • Ability to meet contracts that generally require at least three years of recent US residency within the past five years

Benefits

  • A healthy balance between work and personal time
  • Support for signing off at the end of the workday and taking time away when needed
  • Fully remote employment
  • Occasional travel, typically one or two trips annually
  • Modern cloud development tools, engineering practices, and AI-supported workflows
  • Potential bonus ranging from $0 to $50,000

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