Senior Java Engineer – Real-Time Analytics & Large-Scale Systems

Searchability Aerospace & Defense; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability Aerospace & Defense in Maryland seeks a senior Java software engineer to develop and enhance mission-critical Signals Intelligence systems, with involvement across the full software lifecycle.

As a senior engineer, you will lead teams, design solutions, optimize performance for large datasets, and collaborate with software, systems, and hardware specialists under strict security requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong Java development experience and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with real-time, processing-intensive, or large-scale data systems.
• Ability to analyze requirements and derive software design and performance needs.
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software-intensive systems.
• Analyze user requirements and derive design and performance specifications.
• Integrate software into new or modified operating environments.
• Lead software development activities and ensure product quality and standards.
• Support system installation, field deployment, and long-term technical support.

Skills

Java

Complex software systems

OO design

Requirements analysis

Debugging

System integration

Real-time / big data

Database interfaces

Software testing

Software development leadership

Security clearance (TS/SCI)

Tools

Maven/Gradle

Git

Linux

Job description

Searchability Aerospace & Defense in Maryland seeks a senior Java software engineer to develop and enhance mission-critical Signals Intelligence systems, with involvement across the full software lifecycle.

As a senior engineer, you will lead teams, design solutions, optimize performance for large datasets, and collaborate with software, systems, and hardware specialists under strict security requirements.