Senior Software Engineer / Systems Engineer (TS/SCI)

Creativechemistry; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Creativechemistry seeks a senior software engineer at Fort Meade to generalize a mission-focused product suite for DoD-wide deployment. The role involves removing customer-specific dependencies, abstracting environments, and designing interfaces so auth workflows and key management run in any customer environment.

You will touch major components including clients, the Portal, Proxy services, and OpenBao-based key management services, with a strong emphasis on cryptography, security, and scalable

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in software development and security.
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or 8 years of equivalent work exp.
• 8+ years Java development on Linux and Windows.
• Experience with C or C++.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Rust preferred.
• 5+ years cryptographic experience and key management.
• Clear communication and client-facing skills.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead changes to encryption libraries and key management services.
• Migrate code from low-side to high-side environments.
• Set and apply engineering best practices via planning, testing, and defect resolution.
• Manage day-to-day progress toward project milestones.
• Contribute to planning/status reporting with the productization team.

Skills

Java development

C/C++ experience

Python/Go/Rust

Cryptography/key management

Clear communication

TS/SCI with poly

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

8+ years equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Fort Meade, MD

Full Time

You will help take a mission-focused product suite beyond its current customer and make it deployable across the broader DoD community.

Clearance: U.S. citizen with active TS/SCI and Full Scope Polygraph

About the role

You will help take a mission-focused product suite beyond its current customer and make it deployable across the broader DoD community. The work is to "genericize" the solution: remove customer-specific dependencies, abstract environment-specific configuration, and build interfaces so authorization workflows and key management run in any customer environment. Your changes touch every major component — clients, the Portal, Proxy services, and OpenBao-based key management services.

What you'll do

• Lead changes to encryption libraries and key management services.
• Migrate code from low-side to high-side environments.
• Set and apply engineering best practices through planning documentation, system testing, and defect resolution.
• Manage day-to-day progress toward project milestones.
• Contribute to project planning and status reporting with the productization team.

What you bring

• 12+ years of professional experience.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or 8 years of equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of Java development on both Linux and Windows.
• Experience with C or C++.
• Proficiency in at least one more high-level language, preferably Python, Go, or Rust.
• 5+ years of cryptographic experience and a solid grasp of key management.
• Clear communication and the ability to build rapport with teammates and clients.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and U.S. citizenship.

Nice to have

• Prior work as a contractor in the Intelligence Community.
• 8+ years with modern software development management and Agile.
• 5+ years building REST APIs.
• 2+ years with cloud platforms, tools, and administration.
• Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance-evaluation skills.

Comfort working in a matrixed team, owning parts of a project independently, and adapting to tight deadlines or shifting requirements.

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