Software Engineer

Join our Strategic Innovation Center in Blacksburg VA and support exciting projects across Peraton in areas such as communications space cybersecurity defense health and mobile. Youll have the opportunity to work in a collaborative supportive environment that allows you to grow your skills and your career while building experience in a variety of different projects and domains. Youll work in an Agile software development environment supporting requirements/story development software architecture and design software development and unit/component testing.

Required Qualifications:

• No experience working as a full-stack software engineer required but must posess a Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field
• Experience developing with Java and Python along with a demonstrated ability to pick up new programming languages and technologies quickly
• Experience with AI-assisted development platforms such as Claude Code GitHub CoPilot and/or Codex
• Experience with front-end development technologies (HTML CSS and JavaScript) and JavaScript frameworks (React and/or Angular)
• Experience developing web services and web applications
• Experience working with SQL databases (Postgres MySQL and/or MSSQL)
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated independent detail oriented responsible team-player
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• 1 or more years of experience working as a full-stack software engineer
• Experience working with a broad range of programming languages such as C C# and Golang
• Experience working with AI technologies such as LLMs RAG and TensorFlow
• Prior experience working with DevSecOps processes and tools
• Experience with AWS technologies such EC2 S3 Lambda and VPC
• Experience with deploying software into cloud environments particularly AWS using technologies such as Ansible Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with mobile development using Android Studio Flutter Kotlin and/or Swift
• Prior experience providing technical leadership to a team or mentoring to junior personnel
• Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action and an ability to find innovative ways to solve problems

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.