Software Engineer - Junior Level

Leidos; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Junior-Level Software Engineer to design, build, test, and maintain scalable software systems. The role requires expertise in front-end and back-end systems, cloud-native architectures, and CI/CD practices.

Key responsibilities include writing and maintaining source code, developing APIs, and collaborating with the development team. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and must hold an active Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires up to 2 years of relevant experience in software development.
• Must hold an active Secret security clearance.
• Knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and system scalability.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain source code for software applications.
• Create and manage configuration, testing, and bug fixing processes.
• Develop front-end and back-end services and APIs.

Skills

Front-end web application development

Back-end web application development

Problem-solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Description

We are seeking a Junior-Level Software Engineer with full-stack capabilities to design, build, test and maintain scalable software systems. This role will play a part in creating front-end and back-end services, developing APIs, and collaborating with the development team to deliver reliable, high-performance applications.

The ideal candidate has experience in front-end and back-end systems, cloud-native architectures, testing, and modern CI/CD practices and tools, while also being comfortable contributing across the full stack when needed. Duties include computer programming, documenting, managing configuration, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications and frameworks involved in a software release life cycle and resulting in a software product.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for writing and maintaining source code, creating and maintaining software applications and applying frameworks involved in a software release.
• Duties include computer programming, documenting, managing configuration, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications and frameworks involved in a software release life cycle and resulting in a software product.
• Expertise in one or more programming language is required.
• Works on day-to-day objectives with limited impact beyond the scope of own work area/project team. Works under supervision on less complex projects/assignments.
• Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies. Develops products, solutions, processes using basic principles, theories and concepts within own technical specialty.
• Communicates with peers to explain facts, basic analysis, processes and practices related to area.

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or prior relevant, equivalent experience in software development and up to 2 years of relevant experience.
• Must hold an active Secret security clearance.
• Expertise in front-end web application development in one or more programming languages is required.
• Knowledge of working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Agile project management software such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and system scalability.
• Programming languages:
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Spring Boot

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices interfaces.
• Experience with automated testing (end-to-end, regression, integration, etc.) and Spring Boot, Hibernate, Hibernate using native queries, CI/CD pipelines such as Gitlab.
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (Hashicorp Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Elastic Search).
• Working knowledge and experience with SAFe 6, EDB Postgres, IDEs such as Eclipse or IntelliJ, Git, Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Argo, Docker, Red Hat Linux, SQL Developer, Jira, Bitbucket, OpenShift, SmartBear ReadyAPI, SoapUI, LoadUi, Java, Spring, Maven/Gradle, ActiveVOS, Camel, NEIM XML, EBTS, SecDevOps.

Key Competencies

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Passion for quality control and improving engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ownership mindset and accountability for deliverables.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.