Hiring: Junior Software Engineer (Entry level - Remote US) Company: ICF Location: Reston, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 17:27:07 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : API Design, Azure, CI/CD, Databricks, Django, Docker, Git, Helm, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, SQL, Vue About the job Experience: •1 year of relevant experience through internships, research, academic projects, or professional software development work. Required Skills: •Build real application features in a Python/Django/Vue environment •Develop across the stack, including backend services, APIs, databases, and frontend components •Work on cloud-native deployment patterns in Azure and Kubernetes •Innovate with agentic AI development •Contribute to a premier project, building an industry leading enterprise data fabric platform built on Azure Databricks and related platform technologies •Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related tooling •Help manage and improve containerized deployments with Helm and Kubernetes •Troubleshoot production and non-production issues across application, infrastructure, and pipeline layers Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field •Strong academic foundation in programming, data structures, algorithms, and software development fundamentals •Comfortable learning new technologies quickly •Able to communicate clearly and work through technical problems methodically •No significant professional experience required •U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements. •Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal public trust or equivalent client-required background investigation. •Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S. •Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years •Exposure to web development concepts Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!