Software Development Engineer

Software Development Engineer

* Candidates must be able and willing to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future*

Location:

McLean, Virginia (Hybrid-2 days a week minimum)

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer for our chief technology office engineering team. This role involves building out the organization's Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, and Trusted Environments. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer who can contribute to an established team, demonstrating proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, AWS cloud environments, and backend services. 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.

• Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
• Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications.
• Build and operate backend services, and implement and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with backend development using languages such as Go, and CDK language such as Typescript.
• Integrate backend services with relational and No
  
  SQL databases.
• 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 to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS.
• 5+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development, with at least 2 years of specific experience in Golang.
• 3+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure Cloud.
• 3+ 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, including deployment in production and automated deployments.
• Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code.
• A background in computer science.
• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 5+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Experience writing source code for new applications or 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.
• Master’s degree.
• AWS Certifications, such as Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate.

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship,…