Software Development Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

1d•$69,400 - $158,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking a Software Development Engineer for its chief technology office engineering team. The role focuses on building the Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform, enabling Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments, and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate, and deploy systems. The engineer will help create a new product with autonomy and ownership, designing, developing, deploying, and operating secure, scalable, highly available software services with monitoring, alerting, fault tolerance, and agentic AI integration. The position involves using modern architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver end-to-end solutions. The engineer will contribute to product design, front-end and back-end development, cloud services, APIs, databases, automated testing, telemetry, canary deployments, and CI/CD practices. The role also calls for collaboration with designers, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders, and for embedding security and compliance into the development process. The position is hybrid and is listed in McLean, Virginia, with an additional location in Bremerton, Washington. Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. The role requires the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS.
At least 2 years of experience developing with Go, Java, Node.js, or C#.
At least 1 year of experience with distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
At least 1 year of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices.
Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code.
Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of software engineering experience, or at least 5 years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications.
Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization.
Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance.
TS/SCI clearance.
Master’s degree.
AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate certification.

Responsibilities

Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
Apply engineering principles to build and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems.
Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to bring products from concept to launch.
Architect secure, scalable, high-performance back-end applications.
Develop both front-end and back-end software using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java, or C#.
Integrate back-end services with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.
Write clean, efficient, and testable code following performance, maintainability, and security best practices.
Integrate generative AI tools to accelerate development and enhance product design.
Clearly communicate design decisions and technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Keep abreast of industry trends and contribute to innovation and technical excellence.
Embed security checks and compliance requirements into the development process.
Design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities.
Integrate agentic AI into software products.
Implement CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing.
Build and operate production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments.