Junior Software Engineer

Base-2 Solutions, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a software engineer to develop analytics, large-scale systems, and AI-enabled solutions for national defense. You’ll work on distributed computing, data storage, security, and UI design, applying modern languages and tools.

The role emphasizes collaboration, problem solving, and leadership as we push technology forward in challenging environments. A relevant CS degree or equivalent experience plus TS/SCI with Poly is required.

Qualifications

• Must have a TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Requires a bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or 4 years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex software systems based on requirements.
• Works individually or as part of a team.
• Reviews and tests software components and documents results.
• Resolves software problem reports.
• Uses appropriate development methodologies.
• Provides input on system design, including trade-offs and reuse.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

4 years of software engineering experience may substitute

Tools

Java

C#

C++

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Ruby

Go

Eclipse

NetBeans

IntelliJ IDEA

PyCharm

Visual Studio

VS Code

Windows

Unix

Linux

macOS

JIRA

Confluence

GitHub

ServiceNow

Spring

Angular

Bootstrap

Oracle

MySQL

MongoDB

Maven

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

SVN

CVS

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is looking for a top-notch software engineer to join our team. We are driven to solve challenging customer problems by leveraging innovative technical solutions. Our software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that drive decision making and impact our national defense. We’re looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and UI design. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.
• Works individually or as part of a team.
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Resolves software problem reports.
• Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.
• Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Required Qualifications

• No demonstrated experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required or four (4) years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with some or all of the following: Programming languages such as Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby and Go.
• IDEs such as Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio and VS Code.
• Operating systems such as Windows, Unix, Linux and macOS.
• Team collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), GitHub and ServiceNow.
• Software frameworks such as Spring, Angular and Bootstrap.
• Databases such as Oracle, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Build tools such as Maven and Jenkins.
• Containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Configuration management tools such as Git, SVN and CVS.
• Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university with 4 years of software engineering experience may be substituted.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph