Jr. Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Gaithersburg, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 67600 - 122200
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber logistics security operations and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our teams focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools technologies and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.
The Intelligence Production Solutions Division (IPSD) part of the Decision Advantage Solutions Business Area is currently seeking a highly motivated Junior Software Engineer for the Chinook Program. The Chinook Program delivers next-generation mission-focused software solutions for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful national security work while building experience with modern software tools agile practices and classified cloud environments.
As a Junior Software Engineer you will work as part of an agile development team to help design implement test and deploy applications and services. You will receive mentorship from senior engineers while supporting the development of systems that enhance our customers data access visualization and dissemination capabilities.
Position may be performed in the following locations below. Please note Gaithersburg MD is the programs primary work location.
Gaithersburg MD
Alexandria VA
Chantilly VA
Aurora CO
St. Louis MO
Tucson AZ
Clearance Level Required:
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) as well as a Polygraph.
Primary Responsibilities:
Assist in the design development testing and maintenance of mission applications and services.
Write clean maintainable code using modern languages and frameworks.
Participate in agile ceremonies (stand-ups sprint planning retrospectives) and team code reviews.
Contribute to the development and deployment of containerized applications in AWS GovCloud or C2S.
Learn and apply DevSecOps practices including CI/CD automated testing and secure coding.
Collaborate with developers analysts and stakeholders to translate mission needs into technical solutions.
Basic Qualifications:
US citizenship is required per contract.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related field and 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. Relevant experience or technical bootcamp may be considered in lieu of a 4-year degree.
Hands-on experience with the following technologies:
Web: HTML CSS Django JSON JQuery Ajax and REST APIs
Object-oriented Programming:Python Java or JavaScript
Front-end and Back-end Frameworks: React Angular jQuery Spring Boot Django Flask or Svelte
Relational Database:MySQL PostgreSQL or SQL Server
Operating System: Windows Linux
Version Control System:Git
Eagerness to learn secure coding practices and work in a classified cloud environment.
Understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
Experience delivering complex software systems into production.
Working knowledge of Agile development and continuous integration/continuous delivery methodologies and tools such as Jenkins GitLab and Docker.
Strong self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages tools frameworks and techniques.
Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.
Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.
Preferred Qualifications:
Cloud Development: AWS Azure or similar cloud platforms
Frontend Web Development: UI/UX
NoSQL Database: OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
Cloud Exposure:
GovCloud or C2S
Multi-cloud architectures: AWS IBM Google Azure and Oracle.
Specific AWS Services:S3 SQS SNS EC2 CloudFormation and RDS.
Interest in geospatial tools and data (e.g. GeoJSON Leaflet PostGIS ESRI).
Certifications such as AWS Certified Developer or similar.
#Chinook
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
Were the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We dont wear capes (theyre a safety hazard) but we do solve high-stakes problems with code caffeine and a healthy disregard for how its always been done.
Original Posting:
October 3 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $67600.00 - $122200.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
