Senior Software Engineer - Eadge-T Tech Refresh - Expat UAE

Standard Job Description

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION REQUIRES A FULL-TIME EXPATRIATE ASSIGNMENT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 YEARS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING

Join the EADGE-T team and help modernize an integrated air and missile defense and air battle management capability for the United Arab Emirates. As part of the UAE Tech Refresh, you'll support hardware modernization and foundational cybersecurity enhancements while helping deliver the next generation of this mission-critical system.

Working alongside an international customer, you'll help develop and deploy advanced software capabilities supporting one of Lockheed Martin's premier international defense programs.

THE WORK

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, integrate, and test software solutions supporting mission-critical air and missile defense capabilities.

Working in an Agile development environment, you'll collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver new features, modernize legacy applications, implement automated testing, and enhance the software development pipeline while helping shape the program's evolving software architecture.

PLEASE NOTE

This position requires a government security clearance at the Secret level; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.

This position is a full-time expatriate assignment based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is 100% onsite.

This position may require travel to customer locations throughout the UAE and occasional support for overnight or weekend integration and test activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, develop, integrate, and test software features supporting mission-critical air and missile defense capabilities.

Break down program roadmap features into actionable development tasks and deliver software solutions in an Agile environment.

Modernize and maintain software applications by integrating Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) updates while migrating legacy capabilities into Lockheed Martin's Software Factory continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Develop unit tests and automated test capabilities to improve software quality, reliability, and deployment efficiency.

Participate in software integration activities, including baseline merges, defect resolution, peer reviews, and troubleshooting throughout the development lifecycle.

Collaborate with systems, software, cybersecurity, and integration teams to define technical solutions, resolve complex engineering challenges, and support evolving software architecture.

Contribute to technical discussions, share best practices, and help drive continuous improvement across the Agile development team.

WHO WE ARE

EADGE-T is a geographically dispersed Agile engineering team delivering the UAE Tech Refresh. Our engineers collaborate across systems, software, hardware, cybersecurity, networking, and integration disciplines to deliver next-generation air and missile defense capabilities.

Standard Job Descriptions: Plans, conducts, and coordinates software development activities. Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems or questions in computer language for solutions by means of data processing equipment.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience (Advanced Degree may be substituted for 2 years of experience)

Experience/Familiarity with the following: Java and or Python

• Frontend framework development experience using Angular, javascript, CSS, and HTML
• Experience/Familiarity with the following: Docker, REST APIs, or SOAP
• Experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Ability to obtain a US DoD Secret Clearance

Desired Skills

• Experience in Agile Methodologies & Tools-

Experience in UI/UX Test Frameworks (Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, Jest)

• Experience in a Full-Stack engineering role

Experience/Exposure to any of the following: Gitlab CI/CD, Helm, Kubernetes, gRPC, Python, Flask

• Exposure to other UI/UX Design Tools (MockFlow, UXPin, Axure)
• RHEL / Windows experience
• Experience with Services, Microservices, Software Factories, Cloud native and Service Oriented Architectures

Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm

• Cybersecurity knowledge for software products (user authentication, data encryption, application STIGs) and secure development

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.