Software Development Engineer, Lead

About the role

We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our chief technology office engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. You’ll focus on building Booz Allen’s Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments, and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate, and deploy these systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
• Apply engineering principles to construct and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to bring products from concept to launch.
• Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications.
• Work on both front-end and back-end development using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java, or C#.
• Integrate back-end services with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.
• Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.
• Integrate generative AI tools to accelerate development and enhance product design.
• Communicate design decisions and technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and technical excellence by keeping abreast of industry trends.
• Embed security checks and compliance requirements into the development process to meet relevant standards.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
• 7+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development
• 5+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure Cloud
• 5+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices
• Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance
• Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in software engineering, or 7+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree
• Nice if you have: Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications; Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance; TS/SCI clearance; Master’s degree; AWS Certifications such as Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate Certification

Benefits

The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD).

Pay

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Schedule

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.