Senior Software Engineer/Architect

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about building solutions for our greatest national security challenges? Are you searching for engaging work with an employer that prioritizes impact, innovation, and professional development? Do you value working in a results-oriented and collaborative environment? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. The Threat Analytic Systems (QAI) Group wants talented staff who can work as part of a team to design, implement, test, document, and maintain software applications that provide highly impactful capabilities. You will combine software engineering best practices with the latest software research to build rapid prototypes and then turn them into mature product solutions.

Requirements

B.S. in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
7+ years of software development experience with a high level language, including significant experience with Java.
Experience with Python.
Demonstrated experience as a technical lead of a software project.
Experience with web development using modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js, ReactJS, Angular etc.), web services, software architecture design and development, and software test and deployment.
Comfort working with loosely defined or high-level requirements (as opposed to a fully defined project schedule).
Ability to creatively contribute towards developing new requirements by identifying customer needs and applying knowledge of available methods, tools, and concepts to those needs. This experience should include setting requirements, defining architecture, scoping work for and tasking team members.
Experience with non-relational databases (MongoDB, CouchDB, HBase etc.) in the areas of query optimization, database design, and scalability.
Experience working successfully within a team environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Able to obtain a TS/SCI level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

A PhD or Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
Experience in Agile software development.
Experience with information retrieval techniques.
Experience with relational databases (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, SQL etc.).
Experience with DoD and/or IC customers.

Responsibilities

Lead teams to design, implement, test, and deploy software applications in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Interact with users to understand their operations and gather requirements.
Lead design reviews to gather feedback on system design, integration, and testing.
Document and present work on current research and development activities.
Seek new and innovative ways to improve task efficiency and document software approaches.
Engage staff across organizational boundaries to increase collaboration.