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# Software Engineer II

- **Company:** Black Eagle Defense
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $143,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Signals Intelligence, Data Visualization, Relational Databases, DevOps, Middleware, Design of User Interfaces, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, SQLite, Scripting, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Backend, Gitlab, Vue.js, AngularJS, Information Technology, Restful APIs, Service Stack
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8959245/software-engineer-ii

## About the Role

* Understand the customer's mission, collaborate with team members, gather user requirements, and rapidly develop solutions
 * Independently drive feature development while owning the full development lifecycle
 * Integrate with and contribute to a diverse set of teams, systems, and technology stacks
 * Design and create reliable, intuitive user interfaces and workflows
 * Develop solutions for data visualization, task automation, and workflow enhancements

QUALIFICATIONS Eight (8) years of experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity are required. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Additional requirements:

 * Demonstrate technology flexibility with experience across the stack, including UI/UX, middleware/API, back-end, and DevOps
 * Experience with at least one UI framework such as React, Vue, or Angular
 * Experience writing scripts and services in Python
 * Experience developing RESTful web applications using Spring Boot and Python
 * Familiarity with relational databases such as Postgres or SQLite
 * Familiarity with GitLab and CI/CD processes

Desired Skills

 * Prior CNO experience
 * Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills

## Description

DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Full Stack Software Engineer II role, you will support the RECON team within CNO by designing and implementing technical solutions that deliver immediate operational impact, collaborating across multiple product teams to build mission-critical systems, establishing end-to-end prototypes while developing and refining requirements, contributing to both existing and new systems to enhance infrastructure cognizance, and working directly with mission stakeholders to rapidly iterate on requirements and deliver deployable solutions along with the necessary scripting support in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.


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