Software Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Financial benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Texas is seeking a seasoned back-end software engineer to lead a development team and deliver scalable, secure enterprise applications.

You will mentor engineers, define architecture, and work with modern stacks, APIs, and data strategies. The role emphasizes collaboration, performance, and impact across client projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of agile software development experience.
• Experience mentoring or supervising employees.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend development teams to deliver scalable systems.
• Develop and maintain enterprise-grade APIs and data storage solutions.
• Identify risks and contribute to solution design.

Skills

Agile software development

Team mentoring

Secret clearance

Back-end development

Education

Bachelor's degree or 10+ years experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Tools

Java

JavaScript

SQL

Python

Node.js

Spring

Job description

Software Engineer The Opportunity: As a back-end developer, you know that a good site or system needs the right combination of clean code, APIs, analytics, and infrastructure to develop a user-focused solution. We're looking for a seasoned back-end developer with the software engineering skills it takes to identify potential risks, contribute to solution development, and create efficient and effective systems for our clients. As a lead back-end developer at Booz Allen, you'll oversee a team as they use the latest architectural approaches and open-source frameworks and tools to deliver solutions. Using your software engineering expertise, you'll lead the development team to create custom tools, systems, and sites with consistent performance and scalability. In this role, you'll make a mission-forward impact as you expand your skillset and career. Work with us as we shape systems for the better. Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience implementing, maintaining, and supporting agile software development to modernize systems
• 8+ years of experience in software development using basic programming languages, technologies, tools, or web development stacks
• Experience with Agile methodology, extreme programming, software engineering, product management, and software products
• Experience developing and maintaining the technology needed to power the components which enable the user-facing side of enterprise applications databases, conceptualize and implement data storage solutions, run performance testing and benchmarking, and optimize data performance
• Experience mentoring or supervising employees
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with Java, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Server-Side Development, Middleware, Application or Data Integration, API Development, Core Application Systems, Node.js, Groovy, Scala, Spring Cloud, Spring Core, Spring-Boot, or Spring Data
• Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications
• Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization
• Experience working with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance
• Secret clearance
• Master's degree

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being.

• health
• life
• disability
• financial
• retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

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Work Model

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Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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