Software Development Engineer

NOW HIRING: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER GO / AWS

Client: Randstad / Booz Allen Hamilton

Location: McLean, VA Hybrid, 3 Days/Week Onsite

Experience: 15+ Years

Employment: W2 Contract Only

Work Authorization: U.S. CITIZENS ONLY NO OTHER VISAS

Work Arrangement: Internal Product Development

Job Description

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