C Developer

Job Description

As a rapidly growing small business, we are seeking a C++ Developer to support quality engineering deliverables for the U.S. Navy, MSC, and U.S. Coast Guard. You will play a critical role in developing cross‑platform software solutions (Linux and Windows) across the full software lifecycle.

If you have relevant coding skills, an exemplary work ethic, strong people skills, and the ability to contribute to a fast‑moving engineering team, we’d like to meet you.

This engineering group manages multiple concurrent projects, each with its own project lead and tasking requirements. The team is responsible for front‑end, middle‑layer architecture, and back‑end/database development, and you will be expected to contribute across all three.

• Develop cross‑platform C++ applications for Linux and Windows
• Contribute to front‑end, middle‑layer, and back‑end/database components
• Collaborate with project leads and team members across multiple active projects
• Participate in code reviews and submit high‑quality pull requests
• Support full software lifecycle activities, from design to deployment
• Assist the PM in business development and customer relations
• Expect up to 10% domestic and international travel

• A minimum of 1–5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C++ (or a C++‑like OOP language such as Java, C#, or D — C++ strongly preferred)
• Experience with debugging tools
• Ability to work across front‑end, middle‑layer, and back‑end components
• Ability to interface professionally with clients
• Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities
• Ability to maintain or obtain a Secret security clearance
• CompTIA Security+ certification (required due to elevated system privileges)

• Experience with Qt for cross‑platform UI development
• Experience with Git
• Experience with an IDE (Azure Dev Ops preferred)
• Experience with database interaction

A successful Engineer at Tridentis will be one that helps us improve our corporate operations, successfully manages projects and assists with growing our organization.

• Monday to Friday
• Onsite in West Bethesda, with occasional remote flexibility

Tridentis is a privately held small business focused on providing naval architecture, marine engineering, program management and logistics services to the U.S. Navy, USCG and Military Sealift Command (MSC) in addition to other federal agencies. Tridentis is headquartered in Washington DC and has offices in Norfolk VA, Bremerton WA and Kona HI.

In addition to providing engineering services to the federal government, Tridentis has a spin off company, Advanced Marine Vehicles  that is entirely focused on designing, developing and building autonomous marine vehicles. Tridentis is committed to maintaining an agile company, with a flat organizational structure while achieving long term consistent growth.