3 days ago
Base Salary
$108k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain distributed systems and microservices through hands-on coding.
- Build and integrate intelligent agents and AI-enabled services using LLMs and automation frameworks.
- Define patterns for agent orchestration, system interaction, decision workflows, intent, requirements, automation, and controls as code.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code, controls-as-code, and broader “everything as code” practices.
- Integrate CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, testing, documentation, and ATO considerations into development.
- Partner with systems engineers and ISSEs to incorporate security and compliance requirements into platform design.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to convert mission and operational needs into scalable technical solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience designing and building complex or distributed systems.
- Strong hands-on backend services and microservices development experience.
- Experience with AI/ML systems, including production LLM integration.
- Strong background in cloud-native architectures and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience delivering software in secure, regulated, or compliance-driven environments.
- Ability to bridge software development, systems engineering, and security disciplines.
- Strong technical communication and leadership skills.
- Must possess and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include production agent-based or autonomous-systems experience, AI orchestration experience, ATO automation experience, Security+ or equivalent IAT Level II certification, and experience mentoring engineers and leading technical decisions.
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About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.