Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer

Description

The company's defense systems group is looking for experienced software engineers for possible future roles.

This is not a current opening. The company may contact people whose skills and experience fit roles that often come up, and those who express interest may be considered later.

You will bring strong technical, communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills and take part across the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Work on your own and within an Agile team.
• Lead or support software development work so the team meets schedule commitments.
• Come up with new solutions to hard technical problems.
• Help plan, design, build and roll out software systems.
• Show progress and keep stakeholders informed.

Requirements

• Software Engineer (level 2): a high school diploma with at least 6 years of software development experience, or a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field with at least 2 years of software development experience, or a master's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field with 0 years of experience.
• Principal Software Engineer (level 3): a high school diploma with at least 9 years of software development experience, or a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field with at least 5 years of software development experience, or a master's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field with at least 3 years of software development experience.
• Hands-on work with DevSecOps and CI/CD automation.
• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to, or experience with, microservices, Swagger and API definitions.
• Working knowledge of Agile development methods.
• Experience with current IDE tools and testing methods.
• Hands-on experience building full-stack web applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate well with small technical teams.
• Ability to set priorities and adjust tasks to deliver project results.
• Ability to understand and analyze complex problems and build solutions.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite.
• Preferred: experience with one or more of Angular, React, TypeScript, Java (including Spring Boot), Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Elastic, jQuery, Bootstrap, Jira or GitLab Pipelines.
• Preferred: experience with relational, graph or document databases.
• Preferred: skill with IDEs and configuration management tools such as Git or Bitbucket.
• Preferred: you have used Jira and GitLab in your work.
• Preferred: experience in an Agile software development setting.
• Preferred: ability to debug, optimize code and automate routine tasks.
• Preferred: full-stack development with TypeScript and React.
• Preferred: experience integrating with Spotify's Backstage or similar internal developer portals.
• Preferred: background in cloud work on AWS, Azure or both.

Conditions

No travel is required.

Relocation assistance may be available.

No security clearance is needed to start; the clearance type is Top Secret.

Primary level salary range: $83,400.00 to $125,200.00.

Secondary level salary range: $103,600.00 to $155,400.00.

These ranges are a general guide. The company weighs the scope of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions when setting base pay.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Benefits

• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, a shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.