Software Engineer

Leidos has immediate openings for a software engineer to help shape, develop, and deliver new software solutions leveraging state-of-the-art technologies for our customers. As part of an Agile Team, you’ll design, develop, and deliver software applications and products following agile processes tailored to maximize the speed of delivery to government customers and the commercial marketplace.

About the role

You’ll learn, master, and improve the Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes and tools used to develop, test, integrate, and deploy Cloud-based solutions into multiple hosting environments, such as AWS, Azure, and others. You’ll learn new technologies and tools, apply what you’ve learned to overcome technological challenges with innovative solutions, and collaborate with other software engineers to share knowledge across the team and organization.

You’ll perform technical spikes and develop prototypes to test product concepts and achieve customer validation. You’ll contribute to the team’s objectives by participating in Kanban or sprint planning, daily scrums, product reviews, and retrospectives. You’ll learn agile tooling, contribute to backlog planning and estimates, decompose backlog into technical tasks, and keep your tickets updated daily.

You’ll respect the opinions of others, accept constructive criticism, share your views with a passion for improving the team’s performance, and collaborate openly and positively with your teammates.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software source code using modern software development languages and tools, such as Java, Go, Python, C#, C++, React.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.
• Use Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git/GitLab to manage work and collaborate with teams.
• Support creation and updating of all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development, and testing.
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop solutions around them.
• Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.
• Develop maintainable code that implements user stories.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests leveraging a continuous integration process.
• Own delivery of small parts of a system or application.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.

Requirements

• BS degree and 2 – 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with Object-Oriented Programming practices and patterns (Java, Python, or Go preferred; applicants will be tested).
• Experience with JavaScript and JS frameworks such as React.
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.
• Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.
• Experience with LEAF (Leidos Enterprise Application Framework).

Skills

• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON).
• Familiarity with Virtualization Technologies (VMWare, VirtualBox).
• Familiarity with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins, GitLab Runner).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
• Familiarity with Containerized applications and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Enterprise Event Brokers Technologies (Kafka, NATS).
• Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies.
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Mac OSX, Windows, LINUX, etc.).
• Familiarity with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).
• Familiarity with NoSql databases (MongoDB, etc.).

Pay

Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Original posting August 19, 2026. For U.S. positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date.