Software Development Engineer, Lead

Overview

Job Number: R0232799

Software Development Engineer, Lead —

The Opportunity:

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. You'll be a self-starter, visionary, and "10x-type" engineer who thrives in high-impact environments, and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services.

As a seasoned software engineer at Booz Allen, you'll leverage the latest architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions. You'll impart your skills to the team as they utilize industry-leading tools and techniques to create impactful software designs. Your role involves shaping a new product from the ground up with genuine autonomy and ownership. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities, integrating agentic AI at their core.

You will also implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing to ensure the quality and reliability of our systems.

• 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 No
  
  SQL databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB, and Dynamo
  
  DB.
• 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.

Join us. The world can't wait.

• 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 No
  
  SQL 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
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in software engineering, or 7+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

• Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications
• Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization
• 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

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

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