Software Engineer Stf

Requisition  Eligible?:
Yes

ERP amount: $10,000

Relocation:
Possible Type:
Exempt

Shift: 1

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Full Time Department : LM Aeronautics Co
- Fort Worth Business Unit: LM Aeronautics Co
- Fort Worth Standard

Job Description We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide high-level technical leadership, software architecture expertise, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) guidance across integrated Scrum teams supporting F-35 Mission Planning Environment (MPE) engineering. This is a high-impact, hands-on architectural and technical leadership role focused on designing, modernizing, and scaling distributed microservices, containerized platforms on Kubernetes, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, enterprise automation frameworks, secure CI/CD pipelines, and multi-language software engineering.

The successful candidate will serve as a lead technical authority and SME across integrated Scrum teams and a key partner to Chief Architects; turning architectural vision into robust, production-ready capabilities while elevating the engineering organization’s technical maturity and execution velocity. This individual will lead cross-cutting architectural initiatives, design modular microservices, establish container orchestration and cloud infrastructure patterns, modernize CI/CD and automation frameworks, mentor senior and mid-level engineers, resolve complex system integration challenges, and establish durable, scalable engineering practices across the program.

Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience (Master's preferred)6+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership in software architecture and distributed systems

Expertise in designing, decomposing, and delivering scalable microservices, distributed systems architectures and virtualization (VMWare, HyperV)
Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes (deployment manifests, Helm charts, stateful/stateless workloads, cluster networking, service discovery) and container orchestration

Proven experience architecting and managing cloud/hybrid infrastructure using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible)
Experience integrating distributed systems through REST APIs, message brokers, event-driven architectures, and strong troubleshooting across Kubernetes, networks, and/or OS (Linux/Windows)
Ability to produce clear architectural documentation, communicate complex topics to diverse stakeholders

Desired Skills Knowlegde of MPE (Mission Planning Environment) Software Strong polyglot programming experience across multiple modern languages:
Python, C#/.NET, Java, Type Script/React/Java Script Knowlegde  of enterprise CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (unit/integration/system), Dev Sec Ops , SAST, SCA, and vulnerability scanning

Create architectural decision records (ADRs), interface control documents, and repeatable onboarding and training materials to reduce reliance on single-person expertise.

Proven experience serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) across integrated Scrum teams in an Agile environment.

Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $120600.00 - $224000.00

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