Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead — Security & KMS

Columbia Technology Partners, Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision & Dental

401k with company contribution

PTO & Leave

Tuition assistance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Profit sharing bonus

Referral bonus program

Job summary

Columbia Technology Partners seeks a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to advance a mission-focused software suite for broader DoD deployment. You will guide engineering teams through design, implementation, and deployment of secure, scalable solutions, driving modernization and productization while ensuring cross-team collaboration and delivery of technical objectives.

The role requires deep software development expertise, strong leadership, and experience delivering complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field; 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience leading software engineering efforts in enterprise environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage priorities and drive complex technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, and deployment of secure software solutions (authorization, encryption, key management).
• Modernize and productize existing apps by abstracting configurations and creating scalable architectures.
• Design, develop, and maintain software components, APIs, and services across distributed environments.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams and promote best practices.
• Lead encryption libraries and secure integration solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define architectures and ensure delivery of technical objectives.
• Support Agile activities: sprint planning, backlog refinement, testing, defect resolution.
• Manage day-to-day project execution, identify risks, and mitigate accordingly.
• Evaluate and optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Develop technical documentation and deployment procedures for cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments.

Skills

Software leadership

Enterprise software

Security engineering

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Windows

Job description

Columbia Technology Partners seeks a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to advance a mission-focused software suite for broader DoD deployment. You will guide engineering teams through design, implementation, and deployment of secure, scalable solutions, driving modernization and productization while ensuring cross-team collaboration and delivery of technical objectives.

The role requires deep software development expertise, strong leadership, and experience delivering complex