Software Engineer

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off (PTO)

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems including processing-intensive analytics, large data sets, real-time processing, and business management information systems. You will review and test components, document results, and work on design trade-offs.

The role requires C++, Python and/or Golang experience, AI/ML development or integration, and an active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.

Qualifications

• AI/ML development or integration experience.
• Terraform experience with AWS.
• Experience with C++, Python and/or Golang.
• Experience with writing high-performance / GPU-enabled applications.
• Experience with large-scale streaming data analytic systems.
• 14+ years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs/contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and data usage.

Skills

AI/ML development

Terraform AWS

C++ / Python / Golang

GPU-enabled apps

Large-scale streaming analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

14 years of Software Engineer experience substitute for degree

Job description

• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First
• Requisition ID: 3978
• Standard Title:
• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First
• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer who develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems based upon documented requirements. The Software Engineer works individually or as part of a team, reviews and tests software components for adherence to design requirements, documents test results, and resolves software problem reports. The role utilizes software development and design methodologies appropriate to the development environment and provides input to system design including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes, and investigating problem areas.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance.
• Design, develop and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure work is completed in accordance with software development process constraints.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints.
• Perform quality control on team products.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and obtain information on project limitations, capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.

Required Qualifications

• AI/ML development or integration experience.
• Terraform experience with AWS.
• Experience with C++, Python and/or Golang.
• Experience with writing high-performance / GPU-enabled applications.
• Experience with large-scale streaming data analytic systems.
• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional Software Engineer experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university with 14 years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• No bachelor's degree with 18 years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity (14 years plus 4 additional years substituting for degree).

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).