Master Software Engineer

• Design and develop scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices.
• Create and maintain full-scale testing architecture plans and system design for software application.
• Build, test, and maintain high-performance, secure, and reliable applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, customers, and engineers to deliver new features.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code following best practices.
• Review code and mentor junior engineers.
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure for application.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and PI planning events.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement long-term solutions.
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus and full-stack capabilities to design, build, test and maintain scalable software systems. This role will play a key part in architecting backend services, developing APIs, and collaborating with development team to deliver reliable, high-performance applications.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in backend systems, cloud-native architectures, testing, and modern CI/CD practices and tools, while also being comfortable contributing across the full stack when needed., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.

• 12-15+ years (or 10-13 years with Master’s Degree) of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend development experience in languages such as:
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Hibernate using native queries
• Strong automated testing experience in end-to-end testing, regression testing, integration testing, etc.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with agile project management software such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Gitlab.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and system scalability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).

Key Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Passion for quality control and improving engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ownership mindset and accountability for deliverables.

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.