Principal Software Engineer — Lead Large-Scale Cloud Systems

Riverstone Enterprise Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Life & disability

401(k) contribution

PTO + holidays

Professional development

Phone & internet stipend

Performance bonus

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Riverstone Enterprise Solutions seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD, to lead complex software systems and analytics initiatives. This role requires deep experience across large-scale deployments and hybrid cloud architectures.

The candidate will design, develop, and optimize software while mentoring teams, ensuring robust documentation and adherence to standards, and collaborating with engineering and security teams to meet mission requirements.

Qualifications

• Twelve (12) years’ experience as a Software Engineer in programs of similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline; four (4) years additional experience may substitute for a degree.
• Experience with 3–4 of the listed technologies (Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Rancher RKE2, Kalka, AWS; RHEL, LLMs, S3/Minio, Elasticsearch, Nifi).
• Demonstrated expertise managing large Kubernetes or MongoDB clusters or migrating large systems to AWS in a hybrid architecture.
• Current/Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex software systems and real-time data processing.
• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development standards.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add features.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or environments.
• Develop data queries for databases or data repositories.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Serve as team lead appropriate to the development process used.
• Design or implement complex database interfaces/queries.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet performance and functionality standards.
• Assist with testing procedures for software components.
• Analyze system performance and user needs to guide improvements.
• Modify existing software to correct errors and adapt to new hardware.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and models.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

MongoDB

Kubernetes

RKE2

Kalka

AWS

RHEL

LLMs

S3/Minio

Elasticsearch

Nifi

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Nifi

S3/Minio

RKE2

LLMs

AWS

RHEL

Kalka

Job description

Riverstone Enterprise Solutions seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD, to lead complex software systems and analytics initiatives. This role requires deep experience across large-scale deployments and hybrid cloud architectures.

The candidate will design, develop, and optimize software while mentoring teams, ensuring robust documentation and adherence to standards, and collaborating with engineering and security teams to meet mission requirements.