Senior Software Engineer - Information Technology - Analysts

Job  Washington , District Of Columbia Job Type: Direct Hire Added - a day ago

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring a Senior Software Engineer.

Position type:
Full Time
- Contract to Hire

Duration: 3+ Months

Location:
Washington, DC

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Providing high-level customer insights and analytics.
• Supporting high-volume data pipelines for custom AI/ML model training.
• Orchestrating and scheduling tasking for client’s global radar network.
• Delivering user interfaces and APIs with strict uptime SLAs for data delivery and visualization.
• Develop full-stack software for key initiatives, particularly those supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community contracts.
• Participate in stakeholder discussions and translate customer needs into engineering requirements.
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Own critical portions of systems throughout the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
• Use generative AI to improve software quality and security.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Active U.S. TS/SCI security clearance and experience delivering mission-critical solutions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building cloud-based systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services.
• Experience and enthusiasm in using generative AI for software development.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a comparable programming language.
• Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure and containerized deployments.
• Expertise with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and message brokers such as Kafka or Amazon SQS.
• Experience with observability and CI/CD practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building production frontend applications using Type Script, JavaScript, or comparable modern web technologies.
• Experience deploying software into U.S. federal systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes in cloud environments.
• Background in mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, or orbital mechanics.
• Experience operating software in a high-availability or mission-critical environment.

Pay Range*:
Between $75.00 - $85.00 per hour

* Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits:

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal &  protection
• Sick time
• and other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About Innova Solutions:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

• Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for…