Software Engineer

Overview

Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI/data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.

We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for six straight years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming home for those looking to grow and contribute to positive change. We encourage all employees to expand beyond their boundaries, dive into important world‑changing Federal challenges.

We are actively seeking Software Engineers to design, build, and evolve high‑impact, mission‑critical platforms supporting federal customers.

In this role, you will contribute to and own complex features end‑to‑end, influence architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers, and help shape engineering standards and best practices across Credence. This is a hands‑on role for engineers who enjoy solving hard problems at scale while operating in secure, regulated environments.

• Contribute to and lead end‑to‑end software development activities including architecture, design reviews, implementation, automated testing, optimization, deployment, and post‑production monitoring
• Enhance shared frameworks, reusable services, and platform components, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, container orchestration, and cloud‑native runtime environments
• Champion engineering excellence and modern development patterns, leveraging Credence’s accelerators to enhance delivery quality and ensure projects are executed on time and within scope.

• Build scalable, secure, and resilient application components, independently owning complex features and cross‑cutting architectural concerns
• Drive design discussions, technical roadmaps, and modernization initiatives, balancing performance, cost, scalability, security, and maintainability
• Translate complex mission, security, and regulatory requirements into scalable and maintainable software solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

• Conduct root‑cause analysis across distributed systems, diagnosing issues that span application, infrastructure, and pipeline layers to protect uptime and mission continuity.
• Establish robust testing and observability practices to ensure high‑quality releases and maintain customer trust.

• Provide technical leadership across engineering initiatives, guiding design decisions, architecture reviews, and coding standards.
• Mentor junior engineers through coaching and structured feedback, promoting a culture of continuous learning and collaborative problem‑solving.

• Partner with product managers, engineering, security stakeholders, and federal customers to align technical execution with mission outcomes.
• Work directly with federal customers to understand requirements and translate operational needs into technical solutions.

• Enhance and evolve shared frameworks, reusable services, and CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, secure, repeatable delivery.
• Champion secure coding practices, zero‑trust principles, and compliance with federal cybersecurity frameworks.

• Stay current with advancements in AI and engineering practices and technologies, incorporating relevant innovations where they add clear value to the platform and mission.
• Contribute to the evolution of Credence’s engineering maturity and best practices.

• US Citizenship with ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret clearance (Active Secret preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent hands‑on experience
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience. Mid‑level engineers (3‑6 years);
  Senior engineers (7+ years).
• Strong proficiency in…