Software Engineer III (TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly)

Salary

• Minimum Salary: $114,844
• Salary Midpoint: $149,299
• Maximum Salary: $183,752

Location

• Hybrid opportunity in Columbia, MD. Potential for up to 2 days telework.

Employment Type

• Full-time

Fearless is looking for a Software Engineer III to add to our diverse team of 250 employees (and counting!).

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking to change the world by building software with a soul, and we want your help.

The Software Engineer III leads the development, maintenance, and enhancement of complex software systems that solve customer and user problems.  This role brings detailed understanding of the nuances of software development, and depth in a variety of languages, paradigms, technologies, and frameworks to effectively contribute in a wide array of different projects.  Software Engineer IIIs are experts in digesting complex tasks and business requirements and aligning a group around an implementation.  They are responsible for the smooth delivery of maintainable systems by establishing effective team processes.

We need your coding and leadership skills! What other skills will help you succeed at Fearless? Glad you asked! We’re excited about candidates that: 

Responsibilities and Contributions 

Organizational and Leadership Role 

• Synthesizes business requirements and objectives and drives the development of solutions.
• Collaborates with talented designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to plan and build new features. 
• Coaches and mentors others to develop their professional skills.
• Drives all phases of the development lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new code.

Functional Role 

• Designs and implements effective, secure software solutions that meet the business and technology requirements of the project.
• Articulates business needs and translates them into technology solutions.
• Creates technical processes that create testable and maintainable software with minimal technical debt.
• Troubleshoots technical issues in application and infrastructure code. 
• Develops and implements plans for the continuous improvement and evolution of the software system.
• Identifies opportunities and articulates suggestions to improve the technology strategies beyond the scope of a team or project.
• Reviews other developers’ code and provides specific, constructive feedback.
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of products/workflows within the businesses they support.

Essential Skills, Experience, or Competencies  

Must-Have Skills

• Must have an active TS/SCI Full Scope Poly Clearance.
• BS/MS/MEng in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree.
• Expert in web-development including front-end (browser) and back-end (server) including UI components, client-server integrations, APIs, and data persistence.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Swagger, Maven, Git, Nexus, and Linux.
  
• Ability to discuss abstract software development concepts like single-responsibility, cohesion, data immutability, and other paradigm appropriate design patterns.
• Experience implementing AWS Services in production, On-prem and cloud architecture software implementation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development.
• Experience with building applications in containerized development environments.
• Expert in basic git actions like cloning, creating branches, navigating between branches, staging code for commit, committing code, resetting, and merging.
• Demonstrated interest in and ability to learn new systems and technology quickly.
• Ability to discuss technical tasks and team process topics with team members and outside stakeholders.
• Proficiency with advanced Git actions like rebasing, squashing, and cherry-picking.
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others.

Highly Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience with Docker, Gitlab Pipelines, and Ansible.
• Experience working with government or large industry clients.
• Holds a current AWS Certified Developer Associate, Solutions Architecture Associate, or Solutions Architect Professional or similar certification in another cloud platform.
• Holds a current Certified Scrum Master certification.
• Holds a current CompTIA Security certification.

Salary : $114,844 - $183,752