AI Software Developer – Microservices for ATC Platform

Leidos; Egg Harbor City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks AI Software Developers (Jr, Mid, Senior) to join the Air Traffic Business Area and contribute to the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role emphasizes AI-enabled, microservices-based solutions in an Agile/SAFe environment, with a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture and government programs.

You will design and implement software independently with teams across engineering, product delivery, and DevSecOps, mentoring juniors and delivering high-quality, scalable services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Two frequencies for level: 2+ years (Junior), 4+ years (Mid), 8+ years (Senior).
• Proficiency in Java or C++ for production software.
• Experience designing microservices-based applications.
• Strong RESTful API design and implementation knowledge.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• CI/CD and DevOps practices experience.
• Relational and NoSQL databases experience (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Git and collaborative workflows experience.
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe frameworks.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience in performance engineering for distributed services.
• Knowledge of API versioning and interface stability.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop microservices forming the backbone of L-CAP.
• Translate designs with architects into robust implementations.
• Implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations in a hybrid cloud data mesh.
• Integrate with relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring data consistency.
• Tune performance of services in distributed environments.
• Lead code reviews and enforce coding standards.
• Mentor junior developers and support their growth.
• Troubleshoot cross-service issues and maintain runbooks.
• Document designs, APIs, and deployment runbooks.
• Participate in SAFe/Agile ceremonies and PI planning.

Skills

Java

C++

REST APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

Agile/SAFe

Public Trust

Debugging

Performance engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree (accounting for 2 extra years)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Cassandra

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Terraform

Ansible

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Leidos seeks AI Software Developers (Jr, Mid, Senior) to join the Air Traffic Business Area and contribute to the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role emphasizes AI-enabled, microservices-based solutions in an Agile/SAFe environment, with a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture and government programs.

You will design and implement software independently with teams across engineering, product delivery, and DevSecOps, mentoring juniors and delivering high-quality, scalable services