Software Engineer III

About This Role

Who We Are: 

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness. 

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness. 

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed. 

What We Have to Offer: 

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance 

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe 

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions 

• Recognition, professional development, advancement, and having fun! 

Summary  

CAE USA is seeking a software engineer who will build and deploy software products in support of a contract with the Department of Defense. We work on creating innovative cloud software to support the Department of Defense (DoD). Our software teams work in a scaled agile (SAFe) collaborative environment where each scrum team is composed of 5 to 10 developers.  

CAE USA is seeking a software engineer who will be working as part of development team to design, develop, and implement systems in support of the DoD’s Joint Staff Joint Training Synthetic Environment (JTSE). These systems identify, collect, analyze, store, and disseminate the data required to support the implementation of the Joint Training Tools (JTT) that the DoD uses to prepare and train the military branches’ forces. 

We use different technologies/programming languages due to our micro service architecture; because of this, we look for candidates that have a strong desire to keep learning and advancing their skills. In order to support this continuous learning, we provide a number of resources to foster this as well as providing the training time. 

This position will require the candidate to be eligible for a DoD security clearance and is located in Suffolk, Virginia.  
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, C++, Python, or similar languages 

• Passion to develop cutting-edge software to solve complex problems for the Department of Defense 

• Desire to develop innovative software for various R&D projects 

• Critical and analytical thinking to break down issues and determine solutions while communicating ideas 

• Capable of mentoring and aiding junior softw