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Black Canyon Consulting

Full Stack Developer – Wagtail CMS

Bethesda, Marylandfull-timemidAdded today

About this role

Black Canyon Consulting seeks a Full Stack Developer with Wagtail CMS and modern web development expertise to build accessible, scalable public-facing platforms for NCBI. The role combines backend work with Django/Python and Wagtail with frontend development using React and Next.js, integrating headless CMS APIs and design system standards.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain Wagtail CMS features using Django and Python
  • Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Integrate front-end applications with headless CMS APIs including GraphQL and REST
  • Create Wagtail page models, StreamField blocks, snippets, workflows, and admin customizations
  • Collaborate with UX, content, backend, DevOps, and product teams on design system adoption
  • Optimize for accessibility, performance, SEO, scalability, and participate in code reviews and production support

What they're looking for

  • Wagtail CMS
  • Django and Python
  • React and Next.js
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • GraphQL and REST APIs
  • WCAG and Section 508 accessibility
  • PostgreSQL and Git
  • CI/CD and testing
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Black Canyon Consulting

Black Canyon Consulting provides security, infrastructure, and modernization services for high-traffic biomedical research platforms, particularly supporting the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Institutes of Health. The company is hiring for security engineers, DevSecOps specialists, full-stack developers, QA engineers, and platform engineers to build resilient, compliant systems serving millions of users across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience building Wagtail CMS implementations and how you've structured page models and StreamField blocks for complex content needs.
  • How have you approached integrating a React or Next.js frontend with a headless CMS API, and what challenges did you encounter with GraphQL versus REST?
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