About HTX Labs

Since 2017, HTX Labs has been on a mission to accelerate the future of learning, employing immersive software training solutions and content development services for the Department of Defense to elevate the level of proficiency and preparedness of today's warfighter.

HTX Labs developed the EMPACT® Immersive Learning Platform to address a growing need to modernize training, improve safety, maximize operational efficiency, and build resilience and readiness across the defense industry.

HTX Labs is dedicated to driving learning innovation, providing the necessary digital infrastructure to empower users to easily create, deploy, measure, and sustain mission-specific, immersive training programs anytime, anywhere, on any device, with anyone, at scale.

Description

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our Technology & Product Engineering team.

As a Full Stack Engineer at HTX Labs, you will develop, enhance, and support both the backend services and frontend interfaces that power the EMPACT® platform. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle — from architecture and API design to UI implementation, integration, testing, and optimization — ensuring seamless performance between backend systems, real-time training content, and immersive learning experiences.

You will operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment, contributing to mission-critical features that enable our customers to build, deploy, measure, and sustain immersive training programs at scale.

Who You Are

• You are a well-rounded engineer comfortable working across frontend, backend, and integration layers.
• You thrive in environments where you can design, build, test, deploy, and iterate quickly.
• You understand how to create scalable, maintainable solutions in complex, distributed systems.
• You’re passionate about user experience, performance, and writing clean, reliable code.
• You enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams — Product, UX/UI, Content, Cybersecurity, and Customer Experience — to deliver high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain features across the full stack (frontend, backend, and APIs).
• Implement and optimize backend services, integrations, and data models for performance and scalability.
• Build user-facing components, dashboards, and tools within EMPACT®’s web-based interfaces.
• Ensure seamless integration between frontend systems, XR clients, and platform services.

Quality & Security

• Write clean, testable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical design sessions.
• Implement secure coding practices aligned with DoD cybersecurity standards (NIST 800-171, CMMC).
• Support automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with UX/UI Designers to translate wireframes and prototypes into polished, functional UI/UX components.
• Work with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Cybersecurity teams to integrate backend services securely and efficiently.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure feature clarity, feasibility, and alignment with user needs.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and drive improvements in architecture, performance, and codebase quality.
• Stay current on emerging technologies, frameworks, and best practices relevant to immersive, cloud-based platforms.

Skills

• Proficiency in at least one backend language/framework (Node.js, Python, C#, Java, or similar).
• Experience building RESTful APIs or GraphQL-based services.
• Strong understanding of frontend frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte — ideally React).
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and serverless or containerized architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, identity management (OAuth2, SSO, MFA).

Preferred Skills

• Experience integrating with real-time 3D engines or immersive systems (Unreal Engine).
• Familiarity with learning platforms, LMS systems, or training data pipelines.
• Experience building admin dashboards, analytics tools, or content management systems.
• Knowledge of CMMC, NIST cybersecurity frameworks, or secure software development practices.
• Exposure to WebSockets, gRPC, message queues, or event-driven architecture.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Requirements

• 3–6 years of professional full stack development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience building scalable, production-ready systems.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Work Location: Remote
Reporting Structure: Reports directly to the Lead Full Stack Engineer

Please note: We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

Our Commitment

We’re constantly working towards making HTX Labs the best place to work, for everyone. Bringing together diversity of thought, background, and perspective is essential to creating impactful solutions for our equally diverse community.

We celebrate individuality and encourage everyone who wants to help us transform the way the world learns to join us on our journey.

If you don’t meet every qualification listed above, we still encourage you to apply.

📧 htx.recruiting@htxlabs.com