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Open nowPosted 247 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

ClearEdge29 open roles

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Annapolis Junction, MD
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Your applicationOpen nowPrincipal Software EngineerClearEdge · Annapolis Junction, MD

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13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. ClearEdge postings stay open a median of 36 days.

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This job: posted 247 days ago

ClearEdge median: 36 days open

The posting

Join ClearEdge and be part of a mission-focused team solving some of the DoD’s most complex technical challenges. Every day, ClearEdge supports government and industry customers by delivering innovative solutions that enable critical operations and mission success.

ClearEdge offers an extremely competitive benefits package—including a $10k annual training and education benefit, a 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one, annual health and technology allowances, and access to a state-of-the-art technology lab. Learn more at www.clearedgeit.com/careers/

Your Mission:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will serve on a five-person Agile Software Team delivering feature enhancements to a metrics and monitoring system, including a centralized health and status dashboard. You will collaborate closely with System Engineers and Software Developers to implement scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that coordinate status across multiple data sources and generate alerting based on events, metrics, and reports.

You will support and enhance a virtual compute and containerized application stack, ensuring DevOps best practices are integrated throughout the system lifecycle. This role includes developing lightweight application variants for limited-resource environments, producing shareable versions for U.S. partners, containerizing mission applications, and ensuring performance requirements are met across both low and high side environments.

You Will Excel in This Role If You Are:

  • Experienced working on Agile software development teams
  • Proficient in React for front-end dashboard development
  • Skilled in GoLang for backend service development
  • Experienced with Kubernetes and Docker for containerized deployments
  • Familiar with OpenTelemetry for observability and telemetry integration
  • Comfortable working with Git source control
  • Capable of designing RESTful APIs and defining message schemas for data transport
  • Experienced integrating DevOps policies and CI/CD practices across the application stack
  • Skilled in analyzing performance metrics and conducting system assessments
  • Comfortable collaborating across engineering disciplines to deliver mission capabilities
  • Able to scale, document, secure, and optimize containerized applications
  • Interested in building lightweight, experimental solutions to evaluate emerging technologies

A Day in the Life:

  • Deliver feature updates to a mission metrics and monitoring dashboard
  • Develop React front-end components and GoLang backend services for metrics aggregation and alerting
  • Implement OpenTelemetry for observability and distributed tracing
  • Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Create lightweight application variants for limited-resource environments
  • Design RESTful APIs and message schemas for data exchange
  • Perform performance assessments and integrate DevOps/security best practices
  • Collaborate with System Engineers to derive requirements and support low/high-side deployments

What We Are Expecting From You:

  • TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
  • Twenty (20) years of SWE experience in programs of similar scope, type, and complexity
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
  • Proficiency in React
  • Experience with GoLang, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, and Docker
  • Familiarity with Git source control
  • Experience analyzing requirements, designing, developing, integrating, and modifying software systems
  • Experience developing database interfaces and executing software test procedures
  • Ability to optimize performance, implement complex algorithms, and meet system constraints
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams and improve development processes
  • Ability to serve as a team lead within the applicable software development process

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with Grafana
  • Additional experience with OpenTelemetry implementations
  • Familiarity with Linux environments and Bash scripting
  • Experience working in both low-side and high-side environments

ClearEdge is an established small business that values its employees and is committed to providing an environment where individuals can succeed and grow. We believe in developing our people, promoting from within, and fostering long-term career growth across the organization.

Our Core Values—Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Accountability—guide everything we do. These principles shape our culture, inform our decisions, and drive our commitment to excellence in support of our customers and partners.

If this position is not the right fit, we encourage you to visit our Careers page to explore other opportunities at ClearEdge or connect with one of our recruiters at [email protected]. ClearEdge is an equal opportunity employer.

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