Mid-Level Backend Software Engineer

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Description

If you’ve been building your skills in backend development, object‑oriented programming, and mission‑driven engineering, and you’re ready for work th actually moves the needle, this is the kind of opportunity cleared engineers pursue when they want to grow while making real impact. If you take pride in your craft, enjoy solving meaningful technical problems, and want your work to support a mission with visibility senior levels, you’ll thrive here.

We’re hiring a Backend Software Engineer to support a high‑visibility, da‑driven applicion used across the organizion for analytics and reporting. You’ll help build and maintain core backend services, develop RESTful APIs, support da‑driven functionality, and contribute to ongoing system enhancements within a Linux‑based environment. Your work will directly support system reliability, performance, and da accuracy for mission stakeholders. Our primary development team operes out of Gaithersburg, MD, but we also support onsite engineers in Alexandria, VA; Chantilly, VA; Aurora, CO; St. Louis, MO; and Tucson, AZ, giving top talent multiple phs to join the mission.

And while the requisition requirements may seem standard fare, the position is not; as it will join a high performing team th is changing the way digital engineering and mission operions intelligence is enabled for our customer. 

Why This Role Stands Out

• High Impact: Your work supports a widely used applicion th drives real‑time decision‑making
• High Visibility: Collabore with engineering teams and mission stakeholders across programs
• Career Growth: Build deeper expertise in backend development, API design, and scalable systems
• Challenging Work: Contribute to complex backend feures — not routine maintenance tasks

Essential Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applicion components using Java or Python
• REST API Development: Develop and maintain RESTful services to support applicion functionality and system integrions
• Object-Oriented Programming: Apply object-oriented design principles to build scalable and maintainable systems
• Dabase Development: Write and modify SQL queries to support applicion functionality and da retrieval
• Da Source Collaborion: Collabore with internal and external teams to understand da sources, forms, and access methods, and support integrion into backend systems
• Linux Environments: Develop and troubleshoot applicions within Linux-based environments
• Da Processing & Business Logic: Implement backend logic for da transformion, processing, and system workflows
• Bug Fixing & Enhancements: Identify, debug, and resolve applicion-level defects and performance issues
• Code Quality: Follow coding standards, participe in code reviews, and support documention efforts

Basic Qualificions

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a reled field with 4–8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree with 2–6 years of experience
• US Citizenship
• Active TS/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph
• Professional experience developing object‑oriented applicions in Java or Python
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Basic to modere experience with SQL capability, including writing queries and working with relional dabases
• Working knowledge of Linux‑based environments
• Ability to work independently on defined tasks within established technical frameworks and deliver reliable results

Preferred Qualificions

• Experience with Apache Airflow or similar workflow orchestrion technologies
• Experience with Spring Boot, Django, or similar backend frameworks
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, etc.)
• Familiarity with containerizion (Docker, OpenShift)
• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS or Azure)
• Experience working in Agile development environments

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Da

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-reled informion during any part of the employment applicion process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communice with you through emails th are genered by the Leidos.com automed system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos th asks for payment-reled informion or any other personal informion (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediely by emailing us LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discriminion

All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, nional origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic informion, pregnancy, family structure, marital stus, ancestry, domestic partner stus, sexual oriention, gender identity or expression, veteran or military stus, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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