Booz Allen - Software Development Engineer

Role Overview

We're looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our chief technology office engineering team-a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. You'll focus on building Booz Allen's Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate and deploy these systems. You'll be a self-starter, visionary, "10x-type" engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services.

As a seasoned software engineer at Booz Allen, you'll leverage the latest architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions. You'll impart your skills to the team, as they utilize industry-leading tools and techniques to create impactful software designs. Your role involves shaping a new product from the ground up with genuine autonomy and ownership. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities, integrating agentic AI at their core. You will also implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing to ensure the quality and reliability of our systems.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.

Apply engineering principles to construct and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems.

Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to bring products from concept to launch.

Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications

Work on both front-end and back-end development using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java or C#.

Integrate backend services with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB

Write clean, efficient, testable code following best practices for performance, maintainability, and security

Integrate generative AI tools to accelerate development and enhance product design.

Communicate design decisions and technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Contribute to a culture of innovation and technical excellence by keeping abreast of industry trends.

Embed security checks and compliance requirements into the development process to meet relevant standards.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS

5+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development

3+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure Cloud

3+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices

Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance

Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices

Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code

Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 5+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice to Have Skills

Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications

Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization

Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance

TS/SCI clearance

Master's degree

AWS Certifications, such as Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate

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Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No