Software Engineer - JS, Testing, & Security Tools

Amentum; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Software Engineer in Fort Meade, MD to support mission-critical projects impacting national security. The role involves full lifecycle development, testing, and documentation of policy-driven software across varied architectures.

The candidate should have 3+ years of software engineering experience, strong JavaScript tooling skills (Jest, Cypress), and must meet TS/SCI with poly clearance requirements. Collaboration with system engineers is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or computer science disciplines; 7 years total with substitution of 4 years experience for degree.
• Demonstrated ability to develop requirements specifications documents from system requirements and high-level architecture.
• Experience with testing and documentation across the software lifecycle.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, safety-conscious environment on mission-critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance software systems across multiple platforms.
• Participate in full software lifecycle from design to testing and documentation.
• Improve testing at all levels and document processes with system engineers.

Skills

JavaScript

Jest

Cypress

Code reviews

Requirements gathering

Unit tests

Test documentation

Team collaboration

System requirements analysis

Operations concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or computer science

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Software Engineer in Fort Meade, MD to support mission-critical projects impacting national security. The role involves full lifecycle development, testing, and documentation of policy-driven software across varied architectures.

The candidate should have 3+ years of software engineering experience, strong JavaScript tooling skills (Jest, Cypress), and must meet TS/SCI with poly clearance requirements. Collaboration with system engineers is essential.