Principal Software Engineer
BigBear.ai2 years ago
Columbia, MD, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own or influence technical architecture for complex software systems.
- Lead design reviews, technical planning, and engineering tradeoff decisions.
- Establish coding, testing, performance, security, and maintainability standards.
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and provide technical guidance across teams.
- Develop software applications and contribute hands-on code or prototypes where necessary.
- Drive modernization, automation, and reduction of technical debt.
- Review implementation plans and assess technical risks.
- Collaborate with product, systems engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and program leadership.
- Support proposal development, customer briefings, and technical demonstrations when applicable.
- Ensure software practices align with regulatory, security, and mission requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering, plus 11 years of relevant or equivalent experience.
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
- Significant professional software engineering experience and demonstrated experience designing and delivering complex production software.
- Experience making architecture and technology decisions across multiple components or teams.
- Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
- Experience with automated testing, code review, source control, and continuous integration.
- Ability to communicate technical decisions to engineers, customers, and executive stakeholders.
- Preferred experience with cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, or large-scale modernization.
- Preferred experience with containerized deployments and infrastructure as code.
- Preferred experience leading Agile or DevSecOps delivery teams.
- Preferred experience in regulated, safety-critical, or security-sensitive environments.
- Preferred experience supporting proposals, estimates, technical road maps, or customer engagements.
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About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai develops AI-powered decision intelligence software, computer vision, and modeling/simulation tools for U.S. defense, intelligence, federal civilian, and critical-infrastructure markets. It sells software platforms and contract services, often deployed in secure government clouds, to support mission planning, logistics, and cybersecurity. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company listed on the NYSE under the ticker BBAI.