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Principal Software Engineer

Job in San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92189, USA
Listing for: SAIC
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-09
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 160001 - 200000 USD Yearly USD 160001.00 200000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job

Location: San Diego, CA, US

Date Posted:

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work:

Description

SAIC is seeking a full-stack Principal Software Engineer to join the Joint Range Extension (JRE) software development team. This is a Remote Role in San Diego, CA. It is REQUIRED to be local to the area. You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered who can obtain a Secret clearance after you start.

JRE is a combat-proven datalink gateway that plays a vital role in the defense of the United States and our allies by extending the reach of tactical data across the battlespace and around the globe. As a senior principal software engineer on the team, you'll play an essential role in evolving JRE for the future mission needs of the warfighter.

JOB DUTIES:
  • Design, develop, and maintain major new features, enhancements, and integrations for the JRE suite of edge- and cloud-deployed client and server applications
  • Develop and contribute deep domain expertise in the tactical data link, situational awareness, and command and control domains
  • Refactor existing implementations to align with and meet future product needs
  • Leverage your experience to contribute to architecture and implementation reviews of other engineers
Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

Credentials and Education
  • Bachelor's in computer science or a related field and nine (9) years or more of professional software engineering experience;
    Masters and seven (7) years or more of related experience; relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree
  • 5+ years in a technical project lead role
  • Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance after start
Technical Qualifications
  • Deep expertise in the Java platform; including fluency with Java, and familiarity with JVM languages such as Kotlin or Scala
  • Thorough knowledge of object-oriented and functional design patterns; software design principles; refactoring techniques, code and test automation smells, and domain-driven design
  • Experience with RPC and message-oriented distributed systems integration and related integration patterns
  • Experience with network programming, networking protocols, and the low-level processing of binary data
  • Proven experience developing and maintaining large-scale codebases (1M+ lines)
  • Experience leading successful large-scale, phased refactoring projects
  • Experience with dependency injection and the Spring family of frameworks, including Spring Boot, Spring Data, and Spring Security
  • Team-based development experience via pairing or mobbing, and an eagerness to work collaboratively
  • Test-driven development experience
  • Experience designing and developing solutions iteratively and incrementally via Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming, or Lean Software Development
  • Experience with continuous integration and modern deployment practices for edge and cloud systems
  • Experience developing systems built with Gradle
Domain Knowledge
  • Significant experience in the tactical data link and C5

    ISR domains, or in the development of comparable mission-critical, high-reliability, near-real-time systems
  • Knowledge of MIL-STDs such as 6016, 6017, 3011, 6020, 6040, and 2525; tactical terminals and radios such as MIDS JTRS, STT, AN/ARC, and AN/PRC; GPS and inertial navigation systems protocols such as NMEA 0183 and GPS-153; avionics standards such as ARINC 429 and 661; and industry security standards such as DISA STIGs, and NIST SP 800-171 and 800-207
DESIRED SKILLS:
  • Experience with native development with C, C++, or Rust
  • Public contributions to open-source projects
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit  For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .
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