Senior Software Engineer

Innova Solutions•Washington, DC

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About The Position

A client of Innova Solutions is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a full-time, contract-to-hire position in Washington, DC. The initial contract duration is 3+ months. The role develops full-stack software for key initiatives, particularly those supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community contracts. Work includes providing customer insights and analytics; supporting high-volume data pipelines for custom AI/ML model training; orchestrating tasking for a global radar network; and delivering user interfaces and APIs under strict uptime SLAs for data delivery and visualization. The engineer participates in stakeholder discussions to translate customer needs into engineering requirements and ensures the reliability, observability, security, and performance of production systems. The role owns critical system components across the development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support, and uses generative AI to improve software quality and security. The position requires an active U.S. TS/SCI security clearance and experience delivering mission-critical solutions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers. The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, and at least five years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building cloud-based systems at scale. Candidates must be eligible to be engaged on a W-2 basis. The stated pay range is $75.00–$85.00 per hour; the offered rate depends on factors including education, experience, location, job duties, and certifications.

Requirements

Active U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.
Experience delivering mission-critical solutions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 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 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.
Must be eligible to be engaged on a W-2 basis.

Nice To Haves

Experience building production frontend applications using TypeScript, 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.

Responsibilities

Provide high-level customer insights and analytics.
Support high-volume data pipelines for custom AI/ML model training.
Orchestrate and schedule tasking for the client's global radar network.
Deliver 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 through the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
Use generative AI to improve software quality and security.