Software Engineer (On-site, Aurora, CO)

Metron Inc.; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) Traditional and Roth Options

Gym and Fitness Reimbursement

Professional Development Reimbursement

Job summary

Metron Inc. in Aurora, CO is seeking a cleared Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems for national security applications.

The role requires hands-on experience across full-stack development, with on-site work in Aurora and readiness for on-call support to a 24x7 operations team. Ideal candidates have a strong CS/engineering background, minimum 3 years’ experience, and familiarity with Java, JavaScript, Python, or C++, plus container and CI/CD tooling.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance eligibility and willingness for full-scope polygraph.
• Minimum 3 years of software engineering or development experience.
• Experience with front-end and back-end web technologies and modern frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and testing software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results
• Resolving software problem reports
• Utilizing software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment
• Providing input to system design including hardware/software trade-offs, reuse, and requirements analysis from system level to individual components

Skills

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

C++

HTML

CSS

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

CI/CD

Postgres

React

Angular

Spring Boot

Node.js

Job description

About Metron

Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.

About Metron

Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.

Metron is seeking talented, cleared programmers with strong computer science and engineering backgrounds for complex and challenging projects. As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex and diverse software systems (e.g., 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 ideal candidate has experience writing well-designed, maintainable, and extensible code, and will support the team as a technical resource.

This position is located on a client site and may require on-call support to a 24x7 operations team.

Other responsibilities include

• Reviewing and testing software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results
• Resolving software problem reports
• Utilizing software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment
• Providing specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI, and must be eligible for Full-Scope Polygraph
• At least 3 years of working experience as a Software Engineer or Developer
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience with some or all of the following: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular and/or React Framework, Spring Boot, Node JS, Postgres, ActiveMQ, Redis
• Must have knowledge of: Container Build and Infrastructures, Docker, Kubernetes, Software Configuration Management tools such as GitLab, CI/CD processes, GitLab procedures/documentation and/or proper coding etiquette
• Experience programming in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python or C++
• Object-oriented programming proficiency
• Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
• Ability to communicate design concepts and performance metrics clearly
• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; Successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Desired Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full-Scope polygraph
• Experience writing algorithmic code, including complexity analysis, performance optimization, and multithreading
• Experience designing and implementing user interfaces

Position Location: Aurora, CO

• The selected individual(s) will be required to work on-site, 5 days a week in Aurora, CO. This position may require on-call support to a 24x7 operations team.

Perks and Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Accompanying FSA and HSA options
• Additional Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• 9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Annual Salary Reviews
• Profit Sharing
• 401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
• Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) (C.R.S.

• 8-5-101 et seq.) all positions in Colorado should have a good faith wage or salary posted on all job advertisements. If one is not listed below please email [e-mail] and one will be provided.

Expected compensation range, Aurora, CO:: $130,000 USD - $250,000 USD

Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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