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.

Staff Software Engineer — Remote, United States

Lead full-stack engineering, test automation, and cloud delivery with Playwright, Python, React, TypeScript, AWS, and Terraform. Support civic-tech programs through CI/CD, vendor collaboration, and FedRAMP/Public Trust compliance.

Description

  • Work across the full technology stack
  • Build and maintain scalable end-to-end UI and API test suites with Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product areas
  • Create automated data-generation tools and synthetic applicant profiles using Python and REST APIs
  • Develop React and TypeScript tools 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 rotating sprint triage for failures in a complex multi-vendor environment
  • Determine whether incidents result from cloud changes, vendor releases, or test configuration issues
  • Conduct code reviews and provide one-to-one mentorship
  • Define strong coding standards and consistent team development practices
  • Act as the technical liaison for client leads and external vendor teams
  • Support cloud infrastructure changes with Terraform
  • Implement automated security scanning and manage continuous compliance in a FedRAMP/Public Trust environment

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of professional experience building full-stack applications and developer tooling with TypeScript and Python
  • Hands-on experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
  • Experience designing complex systems that integrate with external services, databases, and third-party APIs
  • Background working on cross-functional Agile teams
  • Experience estimating complex engineering work
  • Experience communicating technical updates directly to client stakeholders
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for distributed, multi-vendor applications and microservices
  • Previous work on federal digital-service projects or civic-tech programs
  • Familiarity with AWS GovCloud
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance requirements
  • Familiarity with observability tools
  • Experience building synthetic test-data generators or sophisticated mock-data services
  • Authorization to work legally in the United States
  • Ability to satisfy additional government-contract requirements
  • Work authorization that will not require visa sponsorship now or later
  • Willingness to undergo a government background check or security clearance if required
  • Residence in the continental United States

Benefits

  • A healthy balance between work and personal life
  • A culture that supports disconnecting at the end of the workday
  • Time off available when needed
  • Fully remote employment
  • Limited travel of approximately one to two trips per year
  • Bonus potential ranging from $0 to $55,000

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