1 day ago
Base Salary
$87k - $157k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices-based applications using modern software engineering practices.
- Collaborate with product owners, architects, systems engineers, and program teams to translate requirements into working software.
- Participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Contribute to system architecture discussions, technical decisions, and higher-level architectural designs.
- Integrate services with databases, messaging systems, and external APIs.
- Troubleshoot systems, tune performance, and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code using CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
- Implement unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end automated testing strategies.
- Use AI-assisted development tools for coding, refactoring, debugging, codebase analysis, and test creation.
- Work with QA, DevOps, and platform teams to support reliable delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on experience building and supporting microservices-based systems.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Python, or C++ on a Linux-based system.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools and exposure to AI/ML-enabled systems, automation, or intelligent platforms such as Claude-Code.
- Ability to analyze complex distributed systems, software interfaces, data flows, and large existing codebases.
- Experience enhancing and maintaining existing software while preserving operational stability.
- Ability to abstract complex implementation details into architectural concepts and communicate them effectively.
- Understanding of APIs, distributed-system concepts, and Agile environments.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust investigation and successfully complete required government background investigations.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with large-scale distributed systems, safety-critical or high-availability software, legacy-system integration, Git-based version control, CI/CD pipelines, SAFe, relational or NoSQL databases, Kafka or other event-streaming technologies, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and automated test frameworks.
Benefits
- Hybrid position requiring 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home.
- Position located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, or Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
- Supports mission-critical national air traffic infrastructure and systems affecting millions of air travelers.
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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.