Principal Software Engineer

Job Summary

Leidos is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, implement, and enhance distributed application orchestration in a cloud‑native environment. The role requires a senior engineer who contributes to architectural direction, leads development of scalable deployment solutions, mentors team members, and promotes best practices across the platform.

• Design scalable workflows for deploying and managing Kubernetes‑native applications
• Lead development of reusable Helm charts, Git Ops templates, and deployment strategies
• Build system‑aware controllers or agents to automate application lifecycle tasks
• Contribute to platform‑wide architecture decisions, including deployment strategy, multi‑cluster configuration, and observability
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to ensure reliability, clarity, and best practices
• Collaborate with Dev Ops and platform teams to support secure and compliant deployments
• Help shape internal standards, shared tooling, and technical direction through design guidance and trade‑off analysis

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline with 20 or more years of related experience
• Deep experience with Go or Python in cloud‑native environments
• Strong Kubernetes experience, including CRDs, Helm, Git Ops, and multi‑tenant application deployments
• Experience with event‑driven or agent‑based systems (e.g., Kafka, controller patterns)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, cloud‑init, or Ansible
• Experience working in complex environments balancing automation with operator oversight
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts and contribute to system‑level design decisions

Active TS/SCI with polygraph required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.