Software Engineer - Full-Stack Developer

AeroVironment•Herndon, VA

17h•$83,500 - $208,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AV is seeking a Software Engineer / Full-Stack Developer to join an established customer-facing project supporting U.S. national security. The role involves building and leading application feature improvements, such as advanced data analytics and integration of AI capabilities to enrich real-time dataflows. The work location is out of the AV office in Herndon, Virginia or Annapolis Junction, Maryland, with hybrid work available. An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of practical software engineering experience. Less experience will be considered for exceptional candidates.
A Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted for 4 years of experience. A Master’s Degree may be substituted for 6 years of experience. A Ph.D. may be substituted for 7 years of experience.
Proficiency with one or more of the following: Java, Spring Framework/Boot/Security, JavaScript, TypeScript, Apache Nifi, MongoDB, PostgreSQL via RDS, Linux, Git, Docker, Angular, D3, VueJS, or React.
Demonstrated proficiency in applying sound software engineering principles, practices, and controls.
Familiarization with using AI coding agents in a transparent way, especially since technical capabilities advanced in December 2025.
Active TS/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

12 years of experience or more for expanded responsibilities.
Substantive knowledge of global finance, financial data, or blockchain/cryptocurrency.
Experience building and maintaining a large-scale database or large-scale real-time data flows, to include database schema design, query, and storage optimization.
Understanding of various file formats for database ingestion and experience with ETL.
Use of modern coding practices, with an emphasis on type safety, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
Strength as either a front-end or back-end engineer, yet full-stack skills are preference.
Experience designing, developing or supporting an API capable of servicing a high volume of requests.
Experience in a broad range of technical knowledge, including software, systems engineering, systems architecture, networking, functional analysis, systems analysis, usability engineering, and testing in an agile environment.
Working and succeeding on teams following Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

Build new features and capabilities for a software project deployed on classified networks.
Use creativity, initiative, and teamwork to design and deploy build software tools for our customers’ mission.
Code and test high-quality software in a responsive agile team environment driven by dynamically evolving software requirements.
Lead tasks in coordination with other technical resources.
Work in a “start-up-like" environment that emphasizes initiative, velocity, customer responsiveness, and collaboration alongside a team of full-stack software engineers using Agile methodologies.
Implement agentic coding and other enterprise AI systems to expand capabilities and to improve team efficiency.