AI Software Engineer - Remote, Microservices & Cloud

Leidos; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an AI Software Developer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector. The role focuses on developing microservices-based applications in a hybrid cloud and AI-enabled environment to support national air traffic operations.

You will work in a Scaled Agile framework with DevSecOps practices and collaborate across product, engineering, and program teams. Qualifications include a CS/Engineering degree (or equivalent) with 2+ years of experience, proficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of relevant development experience or a Master’s degree.
• Hands-on experience building microservices-based systems.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language (Java/Python/C++ on Linux).
• Experience with AI/ML-enabled systems or AI tooling.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Understanding APIs and distributed systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; U.S. citizenship required.
• Background investigations as required by government customer.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices-based applications in an Agile/SAFe environment.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineers.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Translate requirements into working software solutions with systems engineering.
• Develop clean, maintainable, testable code following CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
• Contribute to system design discussions and technical decision-making.
• Integrate services with databases, messaging systems, and external APIs.
• Support troubleshooting, performance tuning, and continuous improvement.
• Work with QA, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure reliable delivery.
• Implement modern automated testing strategies (unit, integration, contract, end-to-end).
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, refactoring, and test creation.

Skills

Microservices

Programming languages

AI/ML systems

Agile environments

APIs & distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Kafka

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos is seeking an AI Software Developer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector. The role focuses on developing microservices-based applications in a hybrid cloud and AI-enabled environment to support national air traffic operations.

You will work in a Scaled Agile framework with DevSecOps practices and collaborate across product, engineering, and program teams. Qualifications include a CS/Engineering degree (or equivalent) with 2+ years of experience, proficiency in