Senior Software Developer

Boeing•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Senior Software Developer Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Software Developer to support our Onboard Performance Tool (OPT) group located in Seattle, WA. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Global Services (BGS) business organization. The Senior Software Developer will architect, develop and maintain new capabilities for the Onboard Performance Tool application used by airline pilots around the world to perform real-time weight and balance, takeoff, climb out, inflight and landing calculations. We are looking for a software architect with preferred experience in airplane performance and flight operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience developing applications for administrators and end users in airline operations, including flight operations and flight crew, with strong airplane performance domain knowledge; proven C++ development experience on both MacOS and Windows is required, while FORTRAN and SQL skills are a plus. Experience with agile software development, CI/CD environments, and cloud hosting of applications is desirable, and prior customer support or technical product management experience for airplane performance tools is advantageous. Familiarity with commercial, business, and military airplane performance regulations is also a plus.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in software development utilizing Java, C++ or C#
5+ years of hands-on experience in developing and deploying software programs
5+ years of professional experience with writing and testing code
5+ years of experience architecting software solutions
Experience designing web apps, mobile apps and desktop solutions

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
Leads activities to develop, document and maintain architecture, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software systems
Leads development of code and integration of complex software components into a fully functional software system
Provides technical leadership for software projects and leads software supplier management activities
Leads development, selection, tailoring and deployment of processes, tools and metrics
Plans, executes and documents software research and development projects
Serves as a subject matter expert for software domains, system-specific issues, processes and regulations
Tracks and evaluates software team and supplier performance to ensure product and process conformance to project plans and industry standards
Works under minimal direction

Responsibilities

Owns the architecture, design, hands‑on development (writes, debugs, and refactors production code), analysis, and maintenance of large‑scale software systems that meet industry, customer, and quality standards
Partners with stakeholders to define systems and translates system‑level requirements into software requirements, models, and executable designs with clear traceability to design, code, and test artifacts
Actively codes and leads deep technical code reviews to ensure correctness, security, performance, and conformance to requirements and engineering standards
Implements, runs, and monitors verification strategies: authors and maintains automated tests, executes verification activities, triages and resolves issues, and signs off on software readiness for production
Reviews and improves product and process alignment with project plans and industry standards; tracks and evaluates internal team and supplier performance and contributes code or fixes when needed to meet delivery goals
Researches, prototypes, and implements current and emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks; integrates changes into production codebases and documents adoption patterns and migration plans
Manages software project activities and coordinates software supplier relationships while contributing substantial hands‑on implementation work for critical deliverables
Provides comprehensive technical leadership by both designing systems and implementing core components; guides teams in building and operating production-ready systems
Engages in architectural discussions, influences the roadmap, and personally owns and implements key projects and initiatives
Diagnoses and resolves complex technical issues in code and system design; drives innovations that improve availability, resilience, and performance through concrete code and configuration changes
Evaluates emerging technologies and prototypes pragmatic solutions; authoritatively moves successful experiments into production code
Mentors and develops engineers at all levels through paired programming, hands-on code reviews, design walkthroughs, and technical coaching
Independently takes projects from initiation through delivery with minimal supervision, including authoring the majority of the implementation and delivering production-quality code
Creates clarity from ambiguity through effective teamwork, problem decomposition, well‑documented code, and clear technical communication
Ability to take projects from beginning to end with little direct supervision
Teamwork and coordination skills with ability to create clarity from ambiguity