Senior Logistics Software Engineer (Foundry)

Socket.dev; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build mission applications supporting Army logistics modernization. You will develop user-facing applications and operational workflows primarily within Army Vantage and Palantir Foundry, turning authoritative logistics data products into practical tools for Army users.

This role requires an experienced, hands-on engineer capable of working across the stack, collaborating with users, and delivering secure software in a mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Six or more years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience developing modern web applications using JavaScript or TypeScript and a framework such as React.
• Experience integrating applications with APIs, data services, and complex enterprise data.
• Proficiency in at least one backend development language such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.
• Experience delivering secure, production-quality software using modern development and testing practices.
• Experience supporting the Department of Defense.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain mission applications within Palantir Foundry and Army Vantage.
• Develop intuitive user experiences, operational workflows, and decision-support tools using Foundry-native capabilities and custom software.
• Build applications that use shared ontology objects, data products, and platform services.
• Collaborate with Army users to understand mission needs, refine requirements, and incorporate feedback into working software.
• Partner with data engineers to define application data requirements and ensure applications use trusted, authoritative data.
• Apply modern software engineering practices, including source control, code review, automated testing, continuous delivery, and production monitoring.
• Diagnose and resolve application performance, reliability, and usability issues.
• Contribute to technical standards and reusable application patterns across the engineering team.
• Provide technical guidance to other engineers while remaining actively involved in development.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

APIs & data services

Secure software development

Cloud-native / DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Army Vantage

Ontology SDK

Foundry Workshop

Job description

LMI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build mission applications supporting Army logistics modernization. You will develop user-facing applications and operational workflows primarily within Army Vantage and Palantir Foundry, turning authoritative logistics data products into practical tools for Army users.

This role requires an experienced, hands-on engineer capable of working across the stack, collaborating with users, and delivering secure software in a mission-critical environment.