Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting a premier Intelligence Community customer. The role involves designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining mission-critical software applications that enable the customer to solve complex operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Resolve various tasks as prioritized by the team product owner.
• Engage in the complete software development lifecycle, operating within well-defined parameters.
• Take ownership of delivering enhancements within a system or application.
• Break down sizable tasks into manageable units for execution and provide LOE estimations.
• Collaborate with fellow software engineers to create and document optimal technical designs.
• Ensure team compliance with Agile processes and best practices.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not clearly defined but always prioritizing customer needs.
• Resolve obstacles for the development team, working collaboratively with the Product Owner, technical leadership, and other engineers.
• Ensure all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.

Qualifications

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience working as a Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team.
• Strong proficiency with the following technologies: Web (Django, JQuery, Ajax, and REST APIs), Object-oriented Programming (Python, Java, and JavaScript), Relational Database (SQL/Postgres), Operating System (Windows, Linux), Version Control System (Git, GitLab).
• Experience incorporating GEOINT domain understanding when troubleshooting, optimizing, and validating system behavior and data outputs across environments.
• Deep understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
• Experience architecting, developing, and delivering complex software systems into production.
• Working knowledge of Agile development and continuous integration/continuous delivery methodologies and tools.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with scripting languages such as REACT.
• Software Architectures: Client-Server, Model-View-Controller.
• Cloud Exposure: Multi-cloud architectures: AWS, IBM, Google, Azure, and Oracle.
• Specific AWS Services: S3, SQS, SNS, EC2, CloudFormation and RDS.
• Certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or similar.