Software Engineer 2

Wyetech • Annapolis Junction, MD

12h • $64 - $120

About The Position

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry. The BH/AV PRIME contract is seeking a Software Engineer 2 who will both lead a small, high-performing development team and contribute as a hands-on engineer. If taking ideas from concept to working prototype in short, iterative cycles excites you, and you enjoy solving hard problems with modern cloud and DevOps practices, this role is for you. Our compact, mission focused team is looking for an innovator who wants to have outsized impact and help transform how our organization builds and operates software. This position is eligible for a $5k bonus! (Includes 20% SEP IRA contribution) Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Requirements

• TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or Physics is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in software engineering, modernization, or solution architecture
• Cloud platforms: Experience designing, deploying, and operating workloads in AWS and/or hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI).
• Proficiency in Python for backend services, automation, and tooling.
• Strong Java skills for scalable, distributed services
• Web and API development: Experience building RESTful services and modern web front‑ends using JavaScript frameworks such as React.
• Containers & orchestration: Hands‑on experience with containers (Podman and/or Docker) and Kubernetes for deployment, scaling, and management of microservices.
• Data & big‑data frameworks: Experience with Hadoop and related ecosystem components in distributed data processing scenarios.
• Microservices: Proven experience designing, building, and operating microservice based architectures (service boundaries, APIs, observability, resilience patterns).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) or similar managed big‑data services for large‑scale processing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar), and monitoring/observability stacks (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK).
• Demonstrated ability to lead small engineering teams: task breakdown, mentoring, code reviews, and setting technical direction.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a bias toward data driven decision making and root cause analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Self motivated and comfortable working independently when needed, while also thriving in a highly collaborative, agile team environment.
• Experience with Two or More of the Following
• Data processing paradigms: Machine learning pipelines, streaming data processing, and batch processing workflows.
• Data stores and caching: MongoDB, ArangoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL (modeling, performance tuning, and operations in cloud environments).

Responsibilities

• Lead a small cloud focused software development team, providing technical direction, mentoring, and day to day coordination of work
• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based on documented requirements, using modern cloud native and microservices architectures.
• Own features end to end: requirements analysis, design, implementation, automated testing, deployment, and operational support in cloud environments (AWS/HCI)
• Build distributed applications, APIs, and data intensive services using containers and Kubernetes based orchestration
• Apply sound software engineering practices (code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging) to deliver robust, scalable, and secure systems
• Contribute to system level design, including hardware/software tradeoffs, software reuse strategies, and effective use of COTS/GOTS components versus new development.
• Perform requirements analysis and synthesis from system level down to individual services and modules
• Build and run simulations and test harnesses in development and test environments to validate behavior, performance, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across application, data, and infrastructure layers; profile and optimize performance in distributed systems.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, system engineers, and other stakeholders to refine requirements, prioritize work, and deliver incremental value.

Benefits

• The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
• Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.
• A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Vision and Dental
• Life and AD&D Benefits
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances
• Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services
• Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000
• Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts
• Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS
• Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
• Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level