Principal Software Engineer

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret/SCI clearance

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

On-site support

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is recruiting a seasoned software engineer to join our defense-focused team at Annapolis Junction, MD. The role emphasizes building next-generation analytics, large-scale systems, and secure software across a variety of languages and platforms to support national defense objectives.

You will work on diverse projects, lead and collaborate with teams, and contribute to design choices including COTS/GOTS, software reuse, and architecture-level analysis.

Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years of software engineering experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Resolves software problem reports.
• Prepares design input and evaluates trade-offs for system components.
• Experience with Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby and Go.
• Experience with IDEs such as Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio and VS Code.
• Experience with databases such as Oracle, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Go

Distributed systems

System design

Data processing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Maven

Jenkins

Spring

Angular

Bootstrap

Oracle

MySQL

MongoDB

VS Code

Job description

• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First

• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

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

Required Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years experience as a software engineer is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university with 20 years of experience.
• No bachelor's degree with 24 years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).