Senior Software Engineer

KYM seeks an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our development team to support a mission-critical, 24/7/365 software platform. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and enhancing application capabilities while working closely with software engineers, architects, analysts, testers, cybersecurity professionals, and end users.

This position requires a strong software engineering background, agile methodology, the ability to work independently on complex technical problems, and a commitment to developing secure, reliable, and maintainable software in a security-conscious environment.

US Citizenship is required and candidates must be able to obtain a DHS EOD security clearance for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software components supporting the Q-Flow application.
• Analyze existing application architecture and identify opportunities for performance, reliability, maintainability, and security improvements.
• Develop new application features based on functional and technical requirements.
• Participate in software architecture and design discussions.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable software solutions.
• Develop automated unit, integration, and regression tests.
• Troubleshoot complex application, database, and integration issues.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to other developers.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, business analysts, database administrators, cybersecurity personnel, QA engineers, and project stakeholders.
• Support application deployments, upgrades, configuration management, and production troubleshooting.
• Identify and remediate software vulnerabilities in accordance with organizational security requirements.
• Follow secure software development lifecycle practices and applicable government or organizational security standards.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, including design documentation, interface specifications, deployment procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical demonstrations as appropriate.
• Mentor junior and mid-level software engineers.
• Support modernization and migration initiatives as the Q-Flow application evolves.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• 10 years’ work experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DHS EOD. Note: DHS EOD Requires U.S. Citizenship
• Proficiency in core languages like Java, Python, C++, or JavaScript
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience demonstrating strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

Desired Skills

• Five years of working with the federal government

KYM Benefits and Offerings

• Competitive health care plans with savings accounts
• Dental and vision plans
• 401k with 100% company match up to 4%, with immediate vesting on company match
• Life and disability insurance
• Learning Management System with robust offerings
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Paid Time Off
• 11 paid holidays per year

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.