Mid-Level Software Engineer

Belay Technologies•Laurel, MD

7d•$70,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Belay Technologies is seeking a Mid-Level Software Engineer (Sustainment) to join its intel team. The role serves as the primary React software developer maintaining and enhancing a production collaboration and business process application that supports information exchange between the Department of Defense and industry partners. The engineer develops, tests, and implements enhancements, bug fixes, and usability improvements while ensuring production stability, reliability, and performance. The position supports ongoing operations and maintenance, including troubleshooting application issues, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions. It collaborates with government stakeholders to understand operational needs, prioritize requests, refine requirements, and recommend future improvements. The engineer translates user feedback and changing business requirements into scalable front-end solutions, maintains React interfaces for registration, tracking, workflow management, reporting, and other mission-critical processes, and integrates front-end components with backend services and APIs. The engineer works with system engineers, developers, testers, and product stakeholders to evaluate change requests, support releases, and deploy enhancements. The role applies modern front-end practices and supports Agile planning, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and release preparation. It requires independent work in a fast-paced environment, balancing production support with enhancement development. Telework is offered up to one day per week. Core hours are 10 AM–2 PM, Monday through Friday, with exceptions considered case by case.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and six years of software development/engineering experience, or ten years of software development/engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience with React or Bootstrap, with willingness and ability to pivot to the other framework.
Working understanding of SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
Ability to work during core hours of 10 AM–2 PM, Monday through Friday; exceptions may be considered case by case.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitLab.
Experience with Agile methodologies.
Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Node, or Angular.

Responsibilities

Maintain and enhance a production collaboration and business process application supporting information exchange between DoD and industry partners.
Develop, test, and implement application enhancements, bug fixes, and usability improvements while protecting production stability, reliability, and performance.
Support operations and maintenance by troubleshooting application issues, analyzing root causes, and implementing corrective actions.
Collaborate with government stakeholders to understand operational needs, prioritize enhancement requests, refine requirements, and provide technical recommendations.
Translate user feedback and evolving business requirements into scalable, maintainable front-end solutions.
Maintain and enhance React interfaces for registration, tracking, workflow management, reporting, and other mission-critical business processes.
Work with system engineers, developers, testers, and product stakeholders to evaluate change requests, support releases, and ensure deployment of enhancements.
Integrate front-end components with backend services and APIs for secure, reliable, and efficient data exchange.
Apply modern front-end development practices using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and component-based design patterns.
Support Agile planning activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and release preparation.
Independently manage priorities and balance production support with enhancement development.

Benefits

Eight weeks of paid leave, including four weeks of personal leave, three Yay! days, a birthday day off, and 11 paid holidays; optional leave of up to six days through the volunteer program.
401(k) contributions matched at 10%, vested on day one.
$5,000 annual training/tuition benefit.
Student Loan Repayment Program.
100% company-funded HSA.
Medical coverage with 100% coinsurance.
Dental coverage, including orthodontia.
Up to $420,000 in life insurance, with premiums 100% company funded.
Amazon Prime membership.
Gym reimbursement.
Monthly lunches, games, and prizes.
Pet adoption program.
Referral bonus program.
Fun events.
Flexible work-life balance and career development.