Principal Software Engineer SWE4 — Cloud, ML & Prototyping

Wyetech, LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyetech, LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (SWE4) to lead development, integration, and evaluation of innovative software solutions in a laboratory environment. The role focuses on prototype applications, cloud-based data systems, and collaboration with customers, developers, and data scientists to deliver mission-focused capabilities.

This position requires strong OO design, software architecture expertise, and end-to-end lifecycle experience to support analytical capabilities and

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience using multiple programming languages, including Java and Python.
• Experience installing, configuring, developing, and integrating prototype applications for technical evaluation.
• Experience supporting laboratory environments, customer experiments, and prototype development activities.
• Experience integrating applications and services with customer cloud-based data systems.
• Experience developing software solutions that extend enterprise services and support mission-specific analytical capabilities.
• Experience supporting the integration and evaluation of open-source software, emerging technologies, and COTS applications.
• Ability to collaborate directly with customers, developers, and data scientists to gather requirements, evaluate technical solutions, and incorporate user feedback.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining complex software applications.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented programming, and software architecture.
• Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing software applications and system integrations.
• Ability to develop technical documentation and communicate software capabilities to mission stakeholders.
• Experience working throughout the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration, deployment, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze mission requirements to design, develop, implement, test, and maintain complex software applications and systems.
• Develop and integrate prototype applications to support technical evaluation, experimentation, and mission-driven research.
• Design and implement software solutions that address common operational challenges across analyst offices.
• Extend enterprise services through software development, application integration, and system enhancements.
• Develop and support analytical capabilities, machine learning applications, and commercial cloud solutions.
• Integrate software applications and services with customer cloud-based data systems.
• Evaluate and integrate open-source technologies, emerging software solutions, and COTS applications into existing environments.
• Apply computer science principles, algorithms, discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics to complex software engineering challenges.
• Develop and maintain software applications using Java.

Skills

Java

Python

Prototype development

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Virtual Machines

Job description

Wyetech, LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (SWE4) to lead development, integration, and evaluation of innovative software solutions in a laboratory environment. The role focuses on prototype applications, cloud-based data systems, and collaboration with customers, developers, and data scientists to deliver mission-focused capabilities.

This position requires strong OO design, software architecture expertise, and end-to-end lifecycle experience to support analytical capabilities and