Software Engineer, Backend Developer, DevOps

Software Engineer

The Opportunity:

As a back-end developer, you know that a good site or system needs the right combination of clean code, APIs, analytics, and infrastructure to develop a user-focused solution. We’re looking for a back-end developer with the software engineering skills it takes to help identify potential risks, contribute to solution development, and create efficient and effective systems for our clients. As a back-end developer at Booz Allen, you’ll use the latest architectural approaches and open-source frameworks and tools to help deliver solutions.

Using your software engineering knowledge, you’ll work with and learn from the development team to create custom tools, systems, and sites with consistent performance and scalability. In this role, you’ll make a mission-forward impact as you sharpen your skillset and grow your career. Work with us as we shape systems for the better.

Design, implement, test, debug, and document an assigned software components in a combined edge and cloud application. Develop C++20 systems software, Go cloud services, installers, persistence, OTA processing, or integration tests according to the assigned focus. Write unit, contract, integration, boundary, restart, and negative tests. Diagnose behavior across cloud, Linux, Windows, database, and network boundaries. Use VS Code through Remote SSH into standardized Windows and Linux build VMs.

Participate in small code reviews and explain all code produced with AI assistance. Maintain bounded inputs, stable errors, structured logs, and careful handling of credentials, signing material, and other sensitive data. Update protobuf contracts, migrations, build configuration, runbooks, and test evidence together with implementation changes.

• 2+ years of experience with programming languages, including Go, C++, or Python
• Experience with OpenSSL, TLS/mTLS, public-key enrollment, certificates, or secure protocol design
• Experience with system service managers such as Windows SCM or Linux systems, cross-platform installers, cross-compilation, Job Objects and overlapped I/O, or development for non-host processor architectures
• Experience with SQLite or SQLite Modern Cpp , encrypted local databases, or cloud-hosted SQL databases
• Experience with Secure software update systems, signed manifests, package verification, defensive archive extraction, or rollback or recovery design
• Experience with Distributed job state, device or fleet management, IoT or edge systems, telemetry, or disconnected or intermittent networking
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

• Experience with gRPC tooling such as grpcurl, protobuf compatibility checking, or generated clients

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

As part of Booz Allen’s skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.

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