Senior Software Engineer, Mission-Critical SME

Quest Oracle Community; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Competitive compensation

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer SME to lead the Chinook program, shaping architecture and delivering secure, scalable software for national security missions. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with government stakeholders to implement modern, containerized solutions.

You will design and deliver end-to-end software across front-end and back-end layers, drive CI/CD, and apply best practices in DevSecOps while coordinating with cloud and on-prem environments.

Qualifications

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/SE with 12–15 years (or Master’s with 10–13 years) of relevant exp.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior SME and technical advisor for Chinook mission applications.
• Design, develop, integrate, test, deploy, and maintain modern web and backend services.
• Develop scalable, secure software across front-end and back-end tiers.
• Lead architecture, coding standards, reviews, and DevSecOps practices.
• Build RESTful APIs, microservices, and data services.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

Go

React

Angular

Vue.js

Spring Boot

Django

Node.js

Flask

Svelte

HTML/CSS/JSON

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

SonarQube

Nexus

Keycloak

Vault

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer SME to lead the Chinook program, shaping architecture and delivering secure, scalable software for national security missions. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with government stakeholders to implement modern, containerized solutions.

You will design and deliver end-to-end software across front-end and back-end layers, drive CI/CD, and apply best practices in DevSecOps while coordinating with cloud and on-prem environments.