BackEnd Software Engineer (Experienced or Senior)
Boeing
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Job summary
The Boeing Company seeks an experienced or senior BackEnd Software Engineer to lead the Model-Based Engineering software team in Berkeley, MO. You’ll design APIs, build data pipelines, optimize SQL, and push prototypes toward production.
Expect architecture ownership, mentoring, and potential growth into full-stack work with frontend opportunities. Responsibilities include overseeing production-ready systems, evaluating technologies, and delivering scalable web applications.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance required.
- Ability to obtain Special Program Access.
- 5+ years backend development with Java, Spring, Oracle SQL, SQL Server.
- 5+ years with Go, Python, Java or equivalent server language.
- 5+ years experience with SQL/PL/SQL database technologies.
- Knowledge of Agile development processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, development, documentation and maintenance of software processes.
- Provide technical oversight for production-ready systems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and propose solutions.
- Mentor engineers across levels and drive scalable design.
- Collaborate to shape architecture of multiple web applications.
- Build and expand multi-application infrastructure, logging, authentication, and more.
- Create test-suites to verify reliability and performance.
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Job description
Aug 31, 2026
$126,650 - $217,350/year
BackEnd Software Engineer (Experienced or Senior)
Company:
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company is currently seeking BackEnd Software Engineer (Experienced or Senior) to lead our Model-Based Engineering (MBE) software team located in Berkeley, Missouri. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense Services (BDS) business organization.
Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Experienced or Senior Backend Software Engineers.
This role focuses on building prototypes and new capabilities for web applications and services. You will design APIs, develop data-processing and analytics pipelines, optimize SQL queries, and help establish production-ready infrastructure. As a backend developer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the architecture needed to take prototypes and minimum viable products into production.
Responsibilities may include researching and selecting technologies and programming languages, building reliable and high-performance server applications, and helping ensure our systems can scale to support hundreds or even thousands of users. For the right candidate, this role may also grow into a full-stack position with frontend development opportunities.
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Position Responsibilities:
Leads architecture, development, documentation and maintenance of standardized, efficient, and innovative processes, tools, methodologies, and performance metrics to streamline the software engineering lifecycle and enable continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of safety critical software
Provide comprehensive technical oversight for different systems, guiding teams in designing and operating production-ready systems
Evaluate emerging technologies and seek innovative solutions to address existing and new challenges
Mentor and develop engineers across all levels through sharing and learning
Ability to take projects from beginning to end with little direct supervision
Teamwork and coordination skills with ability to create clarity from ambiguity
Work with a team to shape the architecture of several web applications
Build new and expand on existing infrastructure for multi-application communications, logging, alerts, authentication, configuration, and more
Create test-suites for server applications to verify reliability, performance, and behavior
Work collaboratively to make decisions that affect the entire system
Interface with users and developers to define and implement solutions to meet requirements
Work independently and with a team to prototype features and applications
Communicate effectively to push the team’s processes to best fit our needs
Engage in architectural discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership of key projects and initiatives
Resolving complex technical issues and driving innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance
Research and oversees implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development
Oversee the architecture, design, development, analyses, and maintenance of large-scale software systems that meet industry, customer and quality
Partners with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and oversees translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design, code and test artifacts
Oversees code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standards
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):
Bachelor’s Degree
Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance
Ability to obtain Special Program Access
5+ years of experience in backend software development (Java, Spring, Oracle SQL, SQL Server)
5+ years of experience with Go, Python, Java or equivalent server language
5+ years of experience with database technologies using SQL or PL/SQL
Knowledge and understanding of Agile development processes
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
9 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experienced Level : Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant experience
Senior Level: Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 9+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 13+ years of directly related work experience OR 17+ years of related, relevant experience
Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance
5+ years of experience in infrastructure development
Experience with concurrency programming
Experience with GitLab, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes
Strong experience with Go or Java
Basic C++ or Python
Familiar with Kafka, NiFi, Redis, or RabbitMQ
Experience leading projects
Experience with AWS cloud
Understanding microservices, client-server architecture, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design (DDD), and other modern architectural styles to build robust and adaptable systems
Experience in large-scale software system architecture, design, and development of distributed/on-premises end-to-end scalable software
Travel:
Up to 10%
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary Pay Range Experienced Level: $126,650 - $171,350
Summary Pay Range Senior Level: $160,650 - $217,350
Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates.
Language Requirements:
Not Applicable
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance:
This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Boeing is a leading global aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems for customers worldwide.
Aviation & Aerospace
Company size 10,001+ employees
Company type Public company
Total funding $39.2B Post IPO Debt
Momentum
13% in 12 mo
129,566 employees on LinkedIn
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Employee experience
3.6
20,521 reviews
72%
Culture & values
3.4
Work-life balance
4.0
Career opportunities
3.7
Compensation & benefits
3.9
Funding history
Post IPO Debt $3B
Aug 2025
Post IPO Debt $24.3B
Oct 2024
Post IPO Debt $10B
May 2024
Jan 2023
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