Software Development Engineer – AI-Driven Edge Platform

Booz Allen; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our Chief Technology Office engineering team in the United States. The role focuses on building the Software‑Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable AI, edge, trusted environments, and autonomous deployment across mission domains.

You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high‑availability software with secure, scalable back‑end services.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production-grade full-stack development in cloud environments (AWS).
• 2+ years Go/Java/Node.js or C# development.
• 1+ years distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure.
• 1+ years of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance.
• Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization and security best practices.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree plus 3+ years of software engineering, or 5+ years in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
• Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance back-end applications.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers from concept to launch.
• Integrate back-end services with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Write clean, testable code with performance and security in mind.
• Embed security checks and compliance in the development process.

Skills

Go

Java

Node.js

C#

AWS

REST APIs

CI/CD

Security best practices

Distributed architectures

Microservices

Serverless

SQL

NoSQL

Generative AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our Chief Technology Office engineering team in the United States. The role focuses on building the Software‑Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable AI, edge, trusted environments, and autonomous deployment across mission domains.

You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high‑availability software with secure, scalable back‑end services.