Full Stack Developer
Decision Lens is seeking a talented full stack developer with significant experience leveraging AI tools and building AI-centric systems who thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage environment and is passionate about creating innovative solutions. This role provides the chance to shape our product from the ground up, influence key technical decisions, and collaborate with AI tools to speed up development.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Partner with the team to research, define, and scope new products, including the rapid development of prototypes using prompt-driven AI development tools
- Ability to provide suitable context to AI coding tools and scrutinize and refine the code generated by such tools
- Contribute to technology stack selection and architecture design, with emphasis on incorporating AI agentic capabilities into software products
- Develop high-quality frontend and backend components that support AI-centric architectural patterns
- Leverage AI tools to speed up coding, debugging, and problem-solving
- Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions
- Help define and implement development best practices, standards, and processes
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- AI-First Development Approach
- Proven ability to work daily with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, or similar)
- Experience using AI for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and solution design
- Skilled in crafting effective prompts and collaborating with AI to improve development velocity, including of security guardrails and evals applied to LLMs and prompt-driven systems
- Full Stack Technical Expertise
- Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (React preferred; Vue, Angular, or similar also considered)
- Experience in both client-side and server-side development
- Experience developing micro-services using Next.js and Spring-boot
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, MCP servers and clients, database design, and web security best practices
- Strong knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
- Early-Stage Project Mindset
- Comfortable working in research, ideation, and proof-of-concept phases
- Capable of influencing architecture and technology stack decisions in a collaborative setting
- Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping and iterative development cycles
- Flexible, adaptable, and willing to take on varied responsibilities as the product evolves
- Additional Skills and Experience
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies
- Background in agile development environments
Location: This position is remote. Travel and onsite meetings are required. Decision Lens headquarters are located in Arlington, VA.
Company Overview
Decision Lens develops integrated planning software which modernizes how government prioritizes, plans, and funds. We have been transforming public sector planning since 2005, delivering the people, process and technology which empower agencies to effectively meet the needs of today while delivering the cutting-edge capabilities of tomorrow. Decision Lens is an innovative, tech-driven high growth company, ranked number one Best SaaS for Business Intelligence or Analytics by SaaS Awards and a certified “Great Place to Work” by the Great Place to Work Institute. Our client list includes the US Department of Defense including Navy, Army, Air Force and numerous other agencies: USDA, GSA, FAA, and USDOT.
Apply: Send your resume to careers@decisionlens.com
Decision Lens Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.