MITRE

Senior Software Engineer

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1 day ago
New Bedford, MA, USA +2 moreSenior

Base Salary

$129k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver secure, maintainable software capabilities, backend services, RESTful APIs, and distributed cloud-native systems.
  • Build and operate ETL/ELT data pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, validation, publishing, and workflow orchestration.
  • Develop data models, SQL, database access patterns, migrations, and data quality strategies using PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
  • Implement containerized deployments with Docker and Kubernetes and provision Linux environments using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Engineer DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines with security and quality gates and repeatable release processes.
  • Collaborate with UX, architecture, data, security, and operations teams to define technical strategy and influence roadmaps.
  • Produce design documents, RFCs, and runbooks; lead architecture reviews, incident response, and post-incident learning.
  • Mentor engineers and improve engineering standards through code reviews, design sessions, compliance, and observability integration.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, 3 years with a master’s degree, or relevant experience with a PhD; equivalent combinations of education and work experience may qualify.
  • Strong Python development experience and modern software engineering practices.
  • Experience building distributed systems in AWS or multi-cloud environments.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, RESTful APIs, data pipelines, Linux, Terraform, and Ansible.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL or MongoDB and modern web technologies including React, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.
  • Ability to work in Agile environments with strong documentation practices.
  • Active Secret U.S. government security clearance and eligibility to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance within one year; U.S. citizenship is required for security-clearance eligibility.
  • Preferred qualifications include an advanced technical degree, compliance-aligned software delivery, AWS data platforms, Airflow, Kafka, advanced cloud automation, Splunk, mission analysis or test and evaluation, AFSIM, production operations, and agentic development tools.

Benefits

  • MITRE offers competitive benefits, professional development, career growth, and a collaborative culture of innovation.
  • The position is onsite and requires a minimum of three days per week onsite.

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About MITRE

5,001-10,000 employees

MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering and applied research organization that operates multiple federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. It builds prototypes, frameworks (such as the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base), and provides technical guidance across defense, cybersecurity, aviation, and healthcare. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, MITRE runs FFRDCs for sponsors including the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and health agencies.

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