Staff Software Engineer - Cloud, Distributed Systems

Lockheed Martin; Fort Bragg (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Software Engineer to join the SOF GLSS team in Fayetteville, NC. You will design, develop, test, and maintain software for classified DoD missions, supporting a range of systems and platforms.

The role emphasizes scalable architectures, cloud-enabled implementations, and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on security, performance, and cross-functional collaboration across government programs.

Qualifications

• Must have expertise in at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, C++, Ruby).
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms (arrays, linked lists, trees, graphs, hashing, sorting, dynamic programming).
• Experience designing scalable, distributed systems and RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL; familiarity with microservices and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, test, and debug software for business/mission needs across the development life cycle.
• Design database architectures and optimize queries for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server; support NoSQL systems.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments, and container orchestration; ensure secure coding practices.

Skills

Java

Python

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

C++

Ruby

Data structures

Algorithms

System design

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Microservices

Distributed systems

Load balancing

Caching

Queues

SQL

NoSQL

Terraform

Cloud

CI/CD

Containerization

Kubernetes

Security

OAuth

JWT

React

Angular

Vue

Kafka

Kinesis

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

Perf

Jaeger

JProfiler

Education

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

Kafka

Kinesis

Job description

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Software Engineer to join the SOF GLSS team in Fayetteville, NC. You will design, develop, test, and maintain software for classified DoD missions, supporting a range of systems and platforms.

The role emphasizes scalable architectures, cloud-enabled implementations, and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on security, performance, and cross-functional collaboration across government programs.