Associate Full Stack Application Developer

At 4A Consulting, we turn complexity into opportunity. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Baltimore, MD, we are a women-owned, boutique consulting firm specializing in delivering innovative, data-driven solutions to both the Federal Government and Fortune 500 clients. Our team blends deep industry knowledge with advanced technologies to design tailored strategies that drive measurable and sustainable outcomes.

About the role

4A Consulting is seeking a Full Stack Application Developer to design, develop, integrate, and enhance enterprise applications supporting workforce management, financial operations, project accounting, and business process automation. The ideal candidate will work across front-end development, backend services, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, workflow automation, reporting, and third-party integrations, with the ability to take features from requirements through production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, responsive, enterprise-grade web applications.
• Develop secure and scalable REST APIs, backend services, and system integrations.
• Design and optimize relational databases, data models, queries, and stored procedures.
• Implement configurable business rules, approval workflows, notifications, validations, and role-based access controls (RBAC).
• Develop operational dashboards, KPIs, reports, and financial analytics.
• Integrate applications with accounting platforms, Microsoft technologies, cloud services, and other enterprise systems.
• Build reliable data import/export, reconciliation, audit trail, and transaction-validation capabilities.
• Develop AI-enabled features and API/LLM integrations where applicable.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable fixes.
• Develop unit, integration, regression, and API tests.
• Participate in code reviews, CI/CD, release management, security reviews, and performance optimization.
• Maintain technical documentation for application architecture, APIs, integrations, and production changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience developing full-stack web applications.
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Experience developing backend applications and services using .NET/C#, Node.js, Python, or comparable technologies.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, API integration, and service-oriented application development.
• Experience with SQL Server or other relational databases, including data modeling, queries, stored procedures, and performance optimization.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or comparable cloud platforms.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, RBAC, application security, and secure development practices.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, debugging, logging, monitoring, and production deployment.
• Understanding of modern software engineering principles, reusable component design, and scalable application architecture.
• Ability to analyze requirements, troubleshoot technical problems, and independently drive assigned features through completion.
• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID, and Application Insights.
• Experience building cloud-native or Azure-hosted enterprise applications.
• Experience with API gateways, asynchronous/background processing, scheduled jobs, queues, or event-driven architectures.
• Experience integrating third-party SaaS, accounting, ERP, HR, workforce, or other enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing dashboards, analytics, reporting, or data visualization capabilities.
• Experience with AI/LLM APIs, intelligent automation, or AI-assisted application functionality.
• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Understanding of audit trails, approval governance, data security, financial controls, and enterprise compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting applications across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Exposure to containerization, infrastructure automation, or other modern cloud engineering practices is a plus.

Benefits

• Be part of a mission-driven, women-owned consulting firm with a reputation for excellence.
• Work on high-impact projects across federal and commercial clients.
• Collaborate in an inclusive, growth-oriented culture where innovation is valued.
• Access career development programs, mentorship, and learning opportunities.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, flexible work options, and a focus on work-life balance.