Software Engineer

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Job Description

Job Summary
The primary role of the Software Engineer is to design develop and maintain web-based software applications that support national defense missions. Youll contribute across the full development lifecycle and support backend services REST APIs and data pipelines that enable visualizations analytics and operational tools.

Position Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web applications and backend services using Java and Python

• Develop RESTful APIs and integrate external data sources

• Debug and correct software defects while optimizing performance

• Contribute to DevOps workflows and CI/CD automation

• Write and maintain technical documentation tests and release notes

• Collaborate with developers analysts and mission stakeholders to define and refine features

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Math or Physics is required or equivalent combination of education training and experience

• 5 years of relevant experience

• Proficiency in Java Python and frameworks like Spring Boot or Flask

• Experience with Git containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes) and virtualized development environments

• Strong understanding of distributed systems microservices and data pipelines

• An active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Familiarity with ElasticSearch MongoDB Redis or ArangoDB

• Experience integrating streaming data frameworks like Kafka or Flink

• Exposure to batch analytics machine learning pipelines or AWS

Salary Range: $83500 $150000

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including but not limited to level of position job responsibilities geographic location scope of relevant work experience educational background certifications contract-specific affordability organizational requirements alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A U.S. person according to their definition is a U.S. citizen U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical dental vision 401K with company matching a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: also encourage you to review our company website at to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

Who We Are

Based in California AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer Dr. Paul MacCready weve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the worlds most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institutions permanent collection in Washington DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty and succeed.

What We Do

Building on a history of technological innovation AeroVironment designs develops produces and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the companys hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time airborne reconnaissance surveillance and target acquisition.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veterans. AeroVironment Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race sex color religion national origin age disability protected veteran status genetic datasexual orientation gender identity or other legally protected status.

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