Software Development Engineer

Software Development Engineer

The Opportunity:  

We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our chief technology office engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. You’ll focus on building Booz Allen’s Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments, and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate, and deploy these systems. You’ll be a self-starter, visionary, “10x-type” engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services.

As a seasoned software engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll leverage the latest architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions. You’ll impart your skills to the team as they utilize industry-leading tools and techniques to create impactful software designs. Your role involves shaping a new product from the ground up with genuine autonomy and ownership. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities, integrating agentic AI at their core. You will also implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing to ensure the quality and reliability of our systems. 

What You'll Work On: 

• Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands. 

• Apply engineering principles to construct and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems. 

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to bring products from concept to launch. 

• Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications.

• Work on both front-end and back-end development using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java or C#. 

• Integrate backend services with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.

• Write clean, efficient, testable code following best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.

• Integrate generative AI tools to accelerate development and enhance product design. 

• Communicate design decisions and technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Contribute to a culture of innovation and technical excellence by keeping abreast of industry trends. 

• Embed security checks and compliance requirements into the development process to meet relevant standards. 

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have: 

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS 

• 5+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development

• 3+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, Azure Cloud, or IBM Cloud

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices 

• Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance 

• Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, or review AI-generated code

• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance  

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 5+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• 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

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