Senior Software Developer
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Job Location:
Bethesda, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 107900 - 195050
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos High Fidelity Simulation Business Area designs and delivers cutting-edge system-of-systems solutions that power world-class simulation training and analysis products for the U.S. Navy.
In this role based at a U.S. Government facility in Bethesda MD you will work with state-of-the-art technologies to develop advanced sonar tactical decision aids (TDAs) that directly support the Fleet. Youll be part of a high-performing team whose mission-critical work shapes the Navys tactical edgemaking a tangible impact on national security.
At Leidos we empower our engineers to do meaningful work while continually building new skills to grow the career they want to achieve.
What Youll Work On
- Develop and enhance Tactical Signature Guidance (TSG) systems including sonar TDAs across multiple code baselines.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex software challenges while contributing innovative solutions.
- Learn and apply new programming languages and technologies with mentorship and support from experienced teammates.
- Occasionally support hardware system configuration and build-out gaining exposure to full system integration.
This opportunity is ideal for developers who thrive on solving complex problems want to expand their technical expertise and are motivated by work that directly supports the U.S. Navys operational readiness.
Primary Responsibilities
- Mentor a de-centralized team of 15 developers applying agile methodologies within a larger 50 member program.
- Collaborate in an agile environment to design develop and deliver complex mission system software.
- Own and deliver solutions built with Java C and other modern technologies.
- Explore and apply new frameworks and languages such as Angular Rust or Scala to meet evolving mission needs.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges with creativity and efficiency.
- Make informed decisions even with limited information in dynamic fast-paced environments.
- Recognize when to adapt or pivot during implementation to ensure the best technical and mission outcomes.
- Drive process improvements and introduce innovative workflows that enhance team performance.
- Influence positive change through collaboration initiative and technical leadership.
- Balance multiple priorities and adapt quickly to urgent or shifting requirements.
- Communicate clearly across teams stakeholders and leadership.
- Apply agile best practices to deliver high-quality iterative results that make an impact.
- Travel occasionally to Manassas VA for integration efforts and direct team collaboration.
Basic Qualifications
- Education: Bachelors degree in Engineering Mathematics Physical Science or Computer Science or another degree providing equivalent software development expertise.
- Experience: Minimum of 7 years in some combination of:
- Designing developing and implementing real-time acoustic signal processing algorithms
- Developing parallel processing implementations
- Working with service-oriented architectures (SOA)
- Developing signal processing real-time data analysis or visualization/simulation systems
- Java and C are required for this role
- Domain Expertise: At least 5 years of development and integration experience with sonar and/or Navy Command and Control (C2) systems.
- Security: Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Certification: Possess an IAT Level I or higher certification or willingness to obtain one within 30 days of hire.
Desired Qualifications
- Education: Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or Physical Sciences.
- Experience: 11 years designing developing and implementing signal processing real-time data analysis or visualization/simulation systems.
- Technology Leadership: 8 years evaluating and integrating new technologies maintaining modern software architectures and mentoring development teams.
- Big Data & Cloud: Experience with Scala NoSQL/NewSQL databases Cassandra Kafka Spark and AWS cloud environments.
- UI/Visualization: Proficiency with HTML5 Angular TypeScript Cesium and related toolsets.
- Containers & Microservices: Strong background in Kubernetes Docker REST APIs and containerized microservice architectures.
- Collaboration & Agile: Proven experience contributing to open-source projects and leading or participating in agile/scrum teams.
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
October 21 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 $107900.00 - $195050.00The 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:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- 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.
