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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Forterra - **Location:** Clarksburg, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,000.0 - $165,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Continuous Integration, Serialization, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Middleware, Protocol Buffers, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Multicasting, Routing, E2e Testing, Message Oriented Middleware, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), TypeScript, ZeroMQ (Concurrent Programming Libraries), Data Logging, Grafana, Concurrency, Break Fix, Backend, Kotlin, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Restful APIs, Grpc, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/342511/senior-software-engineer-platform-integration-virginia-va-arlington ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\n * 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building production software.\n * Strong experience designing and implementing APIs, integrations, backend services, or developer platforms.\n * Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as C++, Rust, Go, Python, Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript.\n * Experience with API and interface technologies such as gRPC, REST, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers, or similar.\n * Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including service communication, replication, consistency, failure handling, concurrency, and recovery.\n * Experience working with data models, serialization formats, schema evolution, and backward compatibility.\n * Strong testing fundamentals, including unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing.\n * Experience developing and debugging software in Linux-based environments.\n * Ability to work directly with partner teams or customers to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions.\n * Proven ability to take technical projects from concept through production.\n * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex systems clearly.\n, * Experience building SDKs, plugins, adapters, middleware, or developer-facing platforms.\n * Experience integrating with robotics, autonomy, command-and-control, defense, automotive, or other edge systems.\n * Familiarity with publish/subscribe or message-oriented middleware such as DDS, ZeroMQ, MQTT, NATS, Kafka, or custom transports.\n * Networking experience, including UDP, TCP, unicast, multicast, routing, or operation over constrained and unreliable links.\n * Experience building software that operates across disconnected, intermittently connected, or bandwidth constrained environments.\n * Familiarity with authentication and authorization models for distributed systems.\n * Experience with cloud and edge deployment technologies, containers, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.\n * Experience with observability tools for logging, metrics, tracing, and distributed-system diagnostics.\n * Familiarity with CMake, Conan, Bazel, Cargo, or comparable build and package-management systems.\n * Experience working with geospatial, telemetry, sensor, or mission data.\n * Experience supporting external developers or integrators through technical documentation, examples, and hands-on troubleshooting.\n * Active security clearance or ability to obtain one.\n ## Related Videos - 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