Senior Software Engineer – Developer Experience & Code Quality

In the Homeland Sector our software helps protect communities and keep important systems running safely. As we build more software we need to make sure it stays efficient reliable and easy to improve over time.

Must live in the Reston area and be able to commute to the Leidos GHQ office. Flexible to work remote with the ability to commute to the corporate office as needed.

This role plays a key part in that.

Youll improve how software is built across the sectormaking code simpler reducing duplication and helping teams follow better practices. Youll track things like how much code we have how complex it is and how well its tested then use that information to help teams improve.

Youll also focus on making life better for developers by introducing modern tools and ways of working so teams can build software more easily and quickly.

This is a chance to make a big impact by improving how software is built across many projects that support important real-world missions.

Primary Responsibilities:
Drive software reuse and refactoring across the sector to reduce duplication and improve code quality
Establish and maintain software baselines and visibility into code assets across programs
Define and analyze engineering metrics (e.g. code coverage complexity language composition) to guide improvements
Improve the developer experience through better tools workflows and practices
Partner with teams to standardize and modernize software approaches across programs
Evaluate and introduce new technologies and approaches scaling what works

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field with 8 years of relevant experience. Additional years experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
Strong experience developing software in one or more modern languages (e.g. Java Python C JavaScript)Experience improving code quality through refactoring testing and reducing technical debt
Familiarity with software metrics and analysis tools (e.g. code coverage complexity static analysis)
Must live in the Reston area and be able to commute to the Leidos GHQ office. Flexible to work remote with the ability to commute to the corporate office as needed.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience leading or contributing to enterprise-wide code reuse standardization or modernization initiatives
Familiarity with developer experience (DevEx) improvements including tooling workflows and platform engineering concepts
Hands-on experience with static analysis code quality and security scanning tools (e.g. SonarQube Fortify Checkmarx)
Experience working in cloud environments (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud) and containerized architectures (e.g. Docker Kubernetes)Knowledge of multiple programming languages and ability to work across diverse tech stacks
Experience establishing or managing software baselines inventories or asset catalogs
Familiarity with open-source frameworks and strategies for evaluating and adopting new technologies
Experience collecting and visualizing engineering metrics (e.g. dashboards reporting tools)
Background supporting federal or homeland security missions
Active security clearance

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.

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