Full Stack Software Engineer (Golang Focus)

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. You'll be working on cutting-edge projects that support the Department of the Air Force’s most mission-critical operations. Our team is pushing the boundaries of open-source development, DevSecOps with state-of-the-art CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Zarf, and innovative API management and database design. You'll be contributing to systems designed for a modeling and simulation SaaS platform that provides dynamic compute power, access to tools, and collaboration capability through a model that will revolutionize the future of military research and development. Our team thrives in a dynamic, mission-driven environment where our employees work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers, DevSecOps architects, product leads, mission experts, and defense specialists. We embrace Agile methodologies and secure development practices to ensure rapid iteration, compliance alignment, and seamless integration across modular systems. Our culture prioritizes clarity, precision, and innovation—fostering open communication, iterative refinement, and deep collaboration to deliver software and documentation that’s not only compliant, but strategic and impactful across DoW. Your work here will directly support the Department of the Air Force in advancing defense technology. You’ll be at the forefront of innovations, creating new paradigms for providing access to compute power, modeling and simulation tools, and data sharing across organizations to the Department of the Air Force and broader Department of Defense.

Requirements

Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
1–5 years of professional software development experience.
Experience with Go (Golang) in a professional or established open-source setting.
Strong understanding of Goroutines and idiomatic design patters in Go.
Experience developing RESTful APIs, backend services, or microservice-based applications.
Experience with one or more modern programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
Experience developing web applications, APIs, or service integrations.
Understanding of API design principles, versioning strategies, and service-oriented architectures.
Experience with JSON, HTTP, REST, OpenAPI, and related API technologies.
Experience using Git-based source control systems and collaborative development workflows.
Familiarity with containerized application development using Docker or similar technologies.
Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and modern cloud-native application architectures.
Familiarity with Linux operating systems and command-line tooling.
Understanding of software engineering best practices, including source control and code reviews.
Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing high-throughput production software in Go (Golang).
Experience with Go performance tuning, GOMAXPROCS, and overall optimization.
Experience with: gRPC Protocol Buffers GraphQL WebSockets
Experience building cloud-native microservices.
Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized application architectures.
Experience working with PostgreSQL, Redis, or other database technologies.
Understanding of event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
Experience with CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.
Exposure to distributed simulation, modeling & simulation, digital engineering, AI/ML, or analytics platforms.
Familiarity with identity and access management technologies such as: Keycloak OAuth2 OpenID Connect
Understanding of cybersecurity best practices and secure software development.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack software capabilities supporting GEMSTONE platform services.
Ability to submit a sample Go application you created to solve a unique problem.
Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services primarily using Go (Golang).
Build and maintain RESTful, gRPC, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs.
Contribute to the design and evolution of GEMSTONE's API management platform and service architecture.
Support development of microservices deployed within Kubernetes environments.
Integrate applications with identity, authorization, and access control services.
Contribute to API catalogs, service registries, artifact repositories, and workflow automation capabilities.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, design reviews, code reviews, and sprint demonstrations.
Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software release activities.
Troubleshoot application, integration, and performance issues across the platform stack.
Collaborate with platform engineers, cybersecurity engineers, product owners, and government stakeholders.
Develop technical documentation and architecture artifacts.