C++ Software Engineer - Defense/Aerospace (Onsite Boulder)

Insight Global; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

401k

PTO + federal holidays

Job summary

Insight Global in Boulder, CO is seeking multiple Software Engineers (T2/T3/T4) to advance mission-critical software in a classified setting. You will develop in C++, Python, on Linux, and help migrate to a microservices-based architecture. Senior roles may influence technical direction and mentor peers.

We offer contract-to-hire with full benefits, including health, dental, vision, 401k, and PTO plus federal holidays. Salaries range from $90k to $175k depending on education and experience.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or another STEM-related field.
• T2: 2+ years of software development experience.
• T3: 4+ years of software development experience.
• T4: 9+ years of software development experience.
• Strong C++ development experience.
• Python development experience.
• Experience working within Linux environments.
• Knowledge of software design principles, debugging, testing, and code reviews.
• Ability to work onsite in Boulder, CO.
• Experience with message broker architectures such as ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of publish-subscribe (Pub/Sub) architectures and asynchronous messaging concepts.
• Experience developing applications that interface with message broker technologies.
• Experience troubleshooting or debugging distributed messaging systems.
• Exposure to microservices architectures.
• Containerization experience (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Experience participating in architecture reviews or technical design discussions.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or serving as a technical lead.
• Experience supporting classified aerospace, defense, or government programs.
• Familiarity with Git, CMake, Conan, Nexus, or similar development tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop software across full SDLC in C++, Python, and Linux.
• Contribute to architecture reviews and technical design discussions.
• Mentor junior engineers and potential future technical lead.
• Work onsite in Boulder, CO in a classified environment.
• Support distributed messaging systems and microservices migration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on new capabilities.

Skills

Active Secret Clearance

C++ development

Python development

Linux environments

Software architecture

Messaging systems

Microservices

Mentoring junior engineers

Distributed systems

Git/CMake/Nexus tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/CE or related STEM field

Tools

ActiveMQ

ZeroMQ

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Insight Global in Boulder, CO is seeking multiple Software Engineers (T2/T3/T4) to advance mission-critical software in a classified setting. You will develop in C++, Python, on Linux, and help migrate to a microservices-based architecture. Senior roles may influence technical direction and mentor peers.

We offer contract-to-hire with full benefits, including health, dental, vision, 401k, and PTO plus federal holidays. Salaries range from $90k to $175k depending on education and experience.