# AI Software Developers (Jr, Mid, Senior levels)

**Company**: Leidos
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos is seeking AI Software Developers (Jr, Mid, Senior levels) to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector. You will support the development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP), a mission-critical, future-ready automation platform built on a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture.

In this position, you will design and implement software solutions independently while working closely with systems engineering, product delivery, and DevSecOps teams. The primary focus is on developing microservices-based applications within an Agile/SAFe environment. Experience with AI-enabled or data-driven systems is advantageous.

This role operates within a SAFe/Agile framework as part of an Agile Release Train (ART) delivering iterative value across the program. You will work on software that directly supports national air traffic operations, applying AI tools to accelerate development, improve quality, and enhance system reliability.

**Responsibilities:**

- Design and develop microservices that form the backbone of the L-CAP automation platform

- Collaborate with architects to translate system designs into robust, scalable implementations

- Implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations within a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture

- Integrate with relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring data consistency and performance

- Perform performance tuning and optimization of services operating in distributed environments

- Conduct and lead code reviews, enforcing coding standards and best practices across the team

- Mentor junior developers, providing technical guidance and supporting their professional growth

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning multiple services, APIs, and infrastructure layers

- Contribute to technical documentation including design documents, API specifications, and runbooks

- Participate actively in SAFe/Agile ceremonies and contribute to PI planning and backlog refinement

- Perform performance engineering activities including profiling, optimization, and latency analysis for distributed ATC services

- Maintain interface stability and backward compatibility when modernizing existing operational software into service-based implementations

- Modernize legacy ATC automation functions into cloud-native service implementations preserving operational behavior and performance characteristics

- Embrace an AI-first engineering culture by actively adopting AI-assisted development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices that improve productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.

**Core Technical Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience in lieu of degree)

- 2 or more years (Junior Level), 4 or more years (Mid Level), or 8 or more years (Senior Level) of experience

- Proficiency in Java or C++ with demonstrated experience building production software

- Experience designing and developing microservices-based applications

- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation

- Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures

- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)

- Solid experience with Git and collaborative development workflows

- Familiarity with Agile/SAFe frameworks and iterative delivery

- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills

- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

- Experience with performance engineering including profiling, benchmarking, and optimization of distributed services

**Preferred / Desired Qualifications:**

- Python programming proficiency

- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure) including managed services

- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and streaming architectures

- Knowledge of domain-driven design and data mesh patterns

- Experience in aviation, defense, or safety-critical software domains

- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible)

- Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, automated testing, intelligent debugging)

- Experience with performance-critical distributed systems in operational or real-time environments

**Benefits:** No specific benefits mentioned.

**Pay Range:** $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- C++
- microservices
- RESTful API
- distributed systems
- event-driven architectures
- CI/CD pipelines
- DevOps
- relational databases
- NoSQL databases
- Git
- Agile
- SAFe

### Nice to have
- Python
- containerization
- orchestration
- cloud platforms
- message brokers
- streaming architectures
- domain-driven design
- data mesh
- aviation
- defense
- safety-critical software

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