Senior Enterprise Application Developer (Full Stack)

Exponentis the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients most profoundly unique unprecedented and urgent challenges.

We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science engineering and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer healthier more sustainable world. For over five decades weve connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrows solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes ensure the safety and health of their users and address the challenges of sustainability.

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent youll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas talents backgrounds and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus we help you grow your career through mentoring sponsorship and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

• 1100 Team members
• 950 Consultants
• 640 Ph.D.s
• 90 Disciplines
• 30 Offices globally

We are currently seeking a Senior Enterprise Application Developer (Full Stack) to join our Information Technology team in any US office or this role you will work within a collaborative team of internal developers to design and deliver high-impact business-critical applications across the full technology stack.

You will take ownership of end-to-end solution delivery spanning modern frontend development with React backend services and scalable cloud-native architectures on Amazon Web Services.

This role includes responsibility for system architecture technical leadership and hands-on development with a strong emphasis on building and integrating AI-driven solutions including applications powered by large language models and modern AI platforms.

You will partner closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into scalable maintainable systems that deliver measurable value to the organization.

Full Stack Development

• Design and build modern responsive web applications using React and related ecosystems
• Develop robust scalable backend services / Core
• Own features end-to-end from user experience and frontend implementation to API design data access and persistence
• Build intuitive high-performance interfaces that enable complex workflows and data interactions

AI-Driven Application Development

• Design and implement applications leveraging LLMs and modern AI tooling
• Integrate AI into core business workflows including:
  • Document processing
  • Intelligent automation
  • Advanced data analysis
• Utilize modern AI platforms (e.g. Amazon Bedrock Azure AI APIs) to deliver production-grade solutions
• Apply AI/ML techniques to enhance application capabilities improve efficiency and unlock new business value

Cloud & Serverless Architecture

• Architect build and deploy scalable cloud-native solutions on Amazon Web Services
• Design and implement event-driven and serverless systems leveraging services such as:
  • AWS Lambda
  • Step Functions
  • ECS
  • S3 EventBridge SQS
• Ensure systems are resilient cost-efficient and optimized for performance at scale
• Apply best practices for distributed systems observability and fault tolerance

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and development of scalable mission-critical systems including N-tier and CQRS/ES architectures
• Define and evolve system architecture across frontend backend and cloud infrastructure
• Interface directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements translate needs into technical solutions and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Provide technical leadership across projects guiding design decisions and ensuring engineering excellence
• Mentor developers and foster a culture of continuous learning collaboration and high-quality delivery

Engineering Excellence & Delivery

• Apply best practices such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD) SOLID principles and modern architectural patterns
• Operate within Agile SDLC frameworks (Scrum Kanban) to deliver high-quality maintainable solutions
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Azure DevOps enabling automated testing and reliable deployments
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve developer productivity automate testing and enhance code quality
• Implement secure coding practices aligned with industry standards (e.g. OWASP) including input validation authentication/authorization data protection and vulnerability mitigation
• Ensure applications meet security compliance and data protection requirements across all layers of the system
• Oversee the ongoing support performance optimization and continuous improvement of enterprise applications

Full Stack Expertise

• Strong experience building modern web applications with React (or similar frontend frameworks)
• Deep expertise in backend development / Core
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable system architectures RESTful APIs and cloud-integrated applications

Cloud & AWS

• Extensive experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS
• Strong hands-on experience with serverless architectures and event-driven systems
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications in production environments

Architecture & Systems Design

• Proven experience designing distributed scalable systems
• Strong understanding of microservices event-driven architectures and system integration patterns
• Ability to balance performance scalability maintainability and cost in system design

AI & Modern Tooling

• Experience integrating AI/ML or LLM-based solutions into enterprise applications
• Familiarity with platforms such as Amazon Bedrock Azure AI or similar
• Experience using AI tools to enhance software development workflows

Data & Persistence

• Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. SQL Server PostgreSQL RDS)
• Expertise in data modeling query optimization and database performance tuning

DevOps & Agile

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices (GitHub Azure DevOps)
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban) and iterative delivery

Leadership

• Excellent leadership mentorship and communication skills
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams and deliver results in dynamic environments

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value and encourage diversity equity and inclusion across all facets of our firm. Having a team built of people with different backgrounds skills and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.

At Exponent we have found that in-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of our offices you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative dynamic multi-disciplinary work environment.

The pay rate for this position is dependent on experience and capabilities which will be assessed during the interview process.

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