Software engineer

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Our team architects, implements, and operates enterprise data systems, software products, and enabling engineering platforms. We have a diverse, highly technical, and motivated team that embraces self-direction and empowerment toward our goal of delivering powerful and sustainable software for the enterprise. Having experts in a wide variety of domains (software architecture, big data & cloud computing, aviation domain, etc.), we rely on cross-functional collaboration to promote organizational learning and quality.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable software systems with quality and rigor
• Continuously improve our codebases and our development/deployment processes
• Collaborate with peers during planning, technical discussions, and code reviews
• Write clean and testable code that works consistently locally and in virtual & cloud environments
• Partner with domain experts to apply our software products to our diverse Mission space
• Share your experiences with other MITRE teams and external audiences

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Data Science, or other physical science/engineering fields) and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• US citizen capable of obtaining & maintaining a US government clearance
• Experience with high level programming languages such as Java or Python
• Experience with software version control, continuous integration and delivery, and Agile and DevOps methodologies and tools.
• Comfortable learning new languages and ideas, embracing continuous, on-the-job learning
• Creative problem solvers and risk takers
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teammates, technical partners, and stakeholders
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with web technologies and frameworks such as Typescript, JSON, React, and Vue
• Familiarity with data science, analysis, modeling, and visualization using Python, R, and/or Clojure
• Familiarity with distributed data systems and cloud platforms (Hadoop, AWS, Spark, Kafka, etc.)

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Suitability - FAA

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$103,600 - $129,500 - $155,400 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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