Principal Software Engineer

Position Details

• Required Security Clearance:
  Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location:
  
  Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type:
  First Shift
• Referral Eligibility:
  Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship
  
  Required:
  
  Yes

$220,000 to $240,000 with full benefits to include Health, Dental, Vision, and PTO.

Base-2 Solutions is looking for a top‑notch software engineer to join our team. We are driven to solve challenging customer problems by leveraging innovative technical solutions. Our software engineers develop next‑generation technologies that drive decision making and impact national defense. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large‑scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and UI design.

We need versatile engineers who display leadership qualities and are enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.

Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing‑intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real‑time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. Work individually or as part of a team. Review and test software components for adherence to the design requirements and document test results. Resolve software problem reports. Utilize software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.

Provide specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade‑offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

• Programming languages:
  Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby, Go
• IDE:
  Eclipse, Net Beans, Intelli
  
  J IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio, VS Code
• Operating systems:
  Windows, Unix, Linux, macOS
• Team collaboration and issue tracking tools:
  Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), Git Hub, Service Now
• Software frameworks:
  Spring, Angular, Bootstrap
• Databases:
  Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB
• Build tools:
  Maven, Jenkins
• Containers and orchestration:
  Docker, Kubernetes
• Configuration management:
  Git, SVN, CVS
• Cloud providers: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

• Twenty (20) years of experience as a software engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) additional years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role‑dependent).

• 100 % company‑paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Plan options with Care First, Kaiser, United Healthcare (PPO, POS, HMO, HSA).
• 100 % company‑paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100 % company‑paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

• 100 % company‑paid premiums for short‑term disability.
• 100 % company‑paid premiums for long‑term disability.
• 100 % company‑paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100 % company‑paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4 % company match plus a 4 % non‑elective contribution (8 % total).
• 401(k) pre‑tax and Roth options.

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project‑dependent).