Software Engineer

The National Solutions Business Area at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Software Engineer to support advanced software development efforts in Orlando, FL. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise developing innovative software solutions that support mission-critical capabilities for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.

In this role, you will serve as a senior technical contributor and technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-performance software solutions that address complex engineering challenges. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to develop next-generation capabilities spanning high-performance computing, computer vision, image and mesh processing, geospatial analytics, artificial intelligence, modeling and simulation, and advanced visualization.

The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in modern software engineering principles and advanced programming techniques while helping define technical strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and collaborating with government customers to transition innovative research into operational capability. This position requires the ability to solve highly complex technical problems, influence architectural decisions, and contribute to the strategic direction of critical programs

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, integrate, and maintain complex software systems throughout the complete software development lifecycle.

• Architect and implement high-performance software applications.

• Develop scalable algorithms for computer vision, image processing, computational geometry, mesh processing, photogrammetry, and geospatial data exploitation.

• Design and optimize GPU-accelerated software using CUDA and parallel computing technologies.

• Develop software frameworks, reusable libraries, APIs, and services supporting mission applications.

• Perform software architecture, design reviews, code reviews, debugging, profiling, and performance optimization.

• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and government customers to develop innovative technical solutions for complex mission challenges.

• Lead technical planning, software architecture decisions, risk identification, and implementation strategies for large, complex software efforts.

• Mentor software engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple development teams.

• Research emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to customer missions.

• Support customer demonstrations, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and program milestones.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, software design artifacts, interface documentation, and engineering reports.

• Ensure software quality through automated testing, configuration management, continuous integration, and DevSecOps best practices.

• Contribute to technical proposals, innovation initiatives, and research activities supporting future business growth ., All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Related Jobs Senior Software Engineer Leidos Orlando, FL*On-Site Physics Research Equities Debugging DevSecOps Automation Mentorship Innovation Algorithms Mathematics Code Review Scalability Simulations Market Data Nvidia CUDA Digital Twin Risk Analysis ANSYS Meshing Photogrammetry Test Automation Software Design Data Processing Computer Vision Ancient History Computer Science Software Systems Machine Learning Satellite Imagery Data Exploitation Planning Software Influencing Skills Data Visualization Parallel Computing Software Solutions Technical Strategy Workflow Management Geospatial Analysis Geospatial Datasets Software Frameworks Software Engineering Software Development Computer Engineering Technical Leadership Demonstration Skills Scientific Computing Geospatial Databases Emerging Technologies Software Architecture Requirements Analysis Cloud-Native Computing Electrical Engineering Continuous Integration Computational Geometry Artificial Intelligence Technical Documentation Configuration Management Agile Software Development Software Quality (SQA/SQC) Verbal Communication Skills Git (Version Control System) Python (Programming Language) Influencing Without Authority Software Development Life Cycle Milestones (Project Management) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Application Programming Interface (API) +0

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• Extensive experience designing software architectures and implementing object-oriented software solutions.

• Experience developing high-performance, multithreaded software applications.

• Experience with software lifecycle activities including requirements analysis, software design, implementation, testing, debugging, integration, and maintenance.

• Experience with Git or equivalent configuration management tools.

• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

• Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical lead on complex engineering efforts.

• Demonstrated ability to solve highly complex, multidimensional technical problems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting technical information to senior government and industry stakeholders.

• Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to software engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with GPU programming using CUDA or other parallel computing frameworks.

• Experience with AI enabled code devlopment

• Experience developing image processing, computer vision, machine learning, or artificial intelligence applications.

• Experience with computational geometry, mesh processing, photogrammetry, or point cloud processing.

• Experience processing large geospatial datasets, terrain databases, or satellite imagery.

• Experience with 2D and 3D data visualization and exploitations

• Experience developing modeling and simulation systems supporting Department of Defense customers.

• Experience developing cloud-native or distributed processing solutions, including GPU clusters.

• Experience with Python for automation, data processing, AI workflows, or scientific computing.

• Experience developing software supporting Digital Engineering, Digital Twins, or advanced visualization.

• Demonstrated history of technical innovation through published research, patents, or peer-reviewed technical papers.

• Experience leading technical teams, defining software architecture, and influencing strategic technical direction.

• Experience collaborating directly with government research organizations such as AFRL, DARPA, Army Research Laboratory, or other DoD organizations.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .