Software Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

About The Position

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our internal Product Engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. This role is ideal for a self-starter, visionary, “10x-type” engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and is eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services. As a seasoned Software Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use the latest architectural approaches and open-source frameworks and tools to deliver complete end-to-end solutions. You’ll share your skills as your team utilizes new tools and techniques while helping to identify and implement system improvements. You will shape a new product from the ground up with real autonomy and ownership. You will build full-stack cloud-native systems with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities as you design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with agentic AI at their core. You will implement best practices for CI / CD deployments, canaries, telemetry, and automated testing to ensure quality and reliability. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
5+ years of experience with software development in both front-end and back-end technologies, including with languages such as Java, Python, or Go
3+ years of experience with design and architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems
Experience with Agile methodology, extreme programming, product management, and software products
Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications
Experience mentoring or supervising employees within a collaborative team environment
Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization
Ability to show work samples
Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 7+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree
U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

7+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
7+ years of experience with software development in both front-end and back-end technologies, including with languages such as Java, Python, or Go
5+ years of experience with design and architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems
Experience developing market-leading products, including in cybersecurity
Experience working with or developing AI and ML based products
Experience in cybersecurity
Knowledge of AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field

Responsibilities

Build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services.
Use the latest architectural approaches and open-source frameworks and tools to deliver complete end-to-end solutions.
Share skills as your team utilizes new tools and techniques while helping to identify and implement system improvements.
Shape a new product from the ground up with real autonomy and ownership.
Build full-stack cloud-native systems with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities.
Design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with agentic AI at their core.
Implement best practices for CI / CD deployments, canaries, telemetry, and automated testing to ensure quality and reliability.