Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about building solutions for our greatest national security challenges? Are you searching for engaging work with an employer that prioritizes impact, innovation, and personal development? Do you value working in a creative and collaborative environment? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

The Applied Information Sciences Branch of the Asymmetric Operations Sector is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop innovative solutions that have impactful contributions in health and biosecurity, homeland protection, cyber security, and military special operations. An an example, we stood up the public and federal COVID-19 pandemic response: owning the data engineering efforts behind the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard and Coronavirus Resource Center and performing analysis that influences decision‑making at the highest levels of government.

Time Magazine has recognized our work as one of the  Best Inventions of 2020 , and our team was named Fast Company's 2021 Innovative Team of the Year. We are developing the Smart Sensor “Brain”, a high-profile cutting‑edge AI system, in partnership with the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

• Work with other specialists to cultivate solid engineering principles
• Model engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability, and maintainability in regards to, but not limited to, object-oriented programming and design pattern
• Apply technical, leadership and relational skills to execute projects in highly collaborative environments
• Lead teams through the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, development, continuous integration and deployment, testing, and transition to sustainment team.
• Develop and own high-quality code across all levels of the stack from investigation to implementation to testing to release
• Model solid engineering practices around cloud infrastructure, architectural design, testability, scalability, and maintainability in regards to, but not limited to, object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Apply experiences using emerging and traditional technologies such as: high performance desktop visualizations, dynamic frontend web frameworks, strong backend design and development to name a few.

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree/experience
• At least 5 years of software development and engineering experience
• Programming experience in C++, Java and/or Python
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with No
  
  SQL and relational databases
• Extensive experience with Git, Gitlab Continuous Integration and Deployment, or equivalent experience
• The ability to obtain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

• Experience with dynamic web front end frameworks such as Vue Js, React or Angular in addition to the corresponding software architecture design
• Experience with Java/Kotlin desktop visualization frameworks such as Swing, Java FX or Tornado FX
• Extensive experience with Python/Flask, Python/FastAPI, Java/Spring
• Experience working with enterprise cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Strong understanding of API design, REST APIs, HTTP, and Oauth
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• Experience with relational and non‑relational databases, especially in regards to database design and scalability
• Ability to lead teams through the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, development, continuous integration and deployment, and testing.

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