AI-Driven Microservices Engineer for Mission-Critical ATC

Leidos; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an AISoftware Developer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector. You will design and implement microservices for the L-CAP platform in a SAFe/Agile environment, using AI-enabled development practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

The role requires building real-time, safety-critical systems with cross-functional teams, ensuring interface stability while modernizing legacy functions into cloud-native services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience). Master’s degree adds 2 years of experience.
• 2+ years of experience or more.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop microservices that form the backbone of the L-CAP automation platform.
• Collaborate with architects to translate system designs into robust, scalable implementations.
• Implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations within a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture.
• Integrate with relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring data consistency and performance.
• Perform performance tuning and optimization of services in distributed environments.
• Conduct and lead code reviews, enforcing coding standards and best practices.
• Mentor junior developers and support their growth.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across services, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Contribute to technical documentation including design documents, API specs, and runbooks.
• Participate in SAFe/Agile ceremonies and PI planning/backlog refinement.
• Perform performance engineering including profiling and latency analysis for distributed ATC services.
• Maintain interface stability and backward compatibility when modernizing software.
• Modernize legacy ATC automation functions into cloud-native services.
• Adopt AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve productivity and quality.

Skills

Java

C++

Microservices

REST APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

SAFe/Agile

Debugging

Public Trust

APIs versioning

Legacy modernization

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Leidos is seeking an AISoftware Developer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector. You will design and implement microservices for the L-CAP platform in a SAFe/Agile environment, using AI-enabled development practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

The role requires building real-time, safety-critical systems with cross-functional teams, ensuring interface stability while modernizing legacy functions into cloud-native services.