Senior Software Engineer - Lead Secure Systems Prototyping

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, seeks a Senior Software Lead to design, develop, and deploy high-impact applications for national security challenges. You will lead teams, gather requirements from users, and apply best practices from software research to mature prototypes into products.

You will collaborate across disciplines, drive architectural decisions, and ensure quality through reviews, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related technical field.
• Seven (7) or more years of software development experience with a high level language including Java.
• Experience with Python.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead of a software project.
• Experience with web development using modern JavaScript frameworks, web services, architecture design and deployment.
• Ability to work with loosely defined requirements and drive architecture and scoping with the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to design, implement, test, and deploy software applications in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Interact with users to understand operations and gather requirements.
• Lead design reviews to gather feedback on system design and testing.
• Document and present work on current research and development activities.
• Seek new ways to improve task efficiency and document software approaches.
• Engage staff across boundaries to increase collaboration.

Skills

Software leadership

Java

Python

Web development

Team collaboration

Requirements gathering

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

PhD or Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Vue.js

ReactJS

Angular

MongoDB

SQL databases

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, seeks a Senior Software Lead to design, develop, and deploy high-impact applications for national security challenges. You will lead teams, gather requirements from users, and apply best practices from software research to mature prototypes into products.

You will collaborate across disciplines, drive architectural decisions, and ensure quality through reviews, testing, and documentation.