ClearEdge

Principal Software Engineer

ClearEdge
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8 months ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Deliver feature enhancements to a mission metrics and monitoring dashboard.
  • Develop React front-end components and Go backend services for metrics aggregation and alerting.
  • Implement OpenTelemetry for observability and distributed tracing.
  • Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Create lightweight application variants for limited-resource environments and shareable versions for U.S. partners.
  • Design RESTful APIs and message schemas for data exchange.
  • Analyze performance, optimize containerized applications, and meet system constraints.
  • Integrate DevOps and security best practices throughout the application lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with System Engineers to derive requirements and support low-side and high-side deployments.
  • Serve as a team lead within the applicable software development process.

Requirements

  • TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
  • Twenty years of software engineering experience on programs of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
  • A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, or four additional years of relevant experience may substitute.
  • Proficiency in React and experience with GoLang, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, and Docker are required.
  • Experience with Git, software requirements analysis, system design, development, integration, modification, database interfaces, and software test procedures is required.
  • Applicants must be able to optimize performance, implement complex algorithms, meet system constraints, collaborate across disciplines, and improve development processes.
  • Preferred qualifications include Grafana experience, additional OpenTelemetry experience, Linux and Bash familiarity, and experience in low-side and high-side environments.

Benefits

  • $10,000 annual training and education benefit.
  • 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one.
  • Annual health and technology allowances.
  • Access to a state-of-the-art technology lab.
  • Long-term career growth and promotion-from-within opportunities.

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About ClearEdge

51-200 employees

ClearEdge delivers software engineering, cloud, big data, and analytics solutions for U.S. government programs, particularly within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Headquartered in Jessup, Maryland and founded in 2002, the privately held firm works across full-stack development, high-performance computing, data visualization, and training. Its business model centers on government contracts where it serves as a prime or subcontractor to build and operate production, data-intensive systems.

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