Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.
Job Summary
- Seeking a skilled Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software applications supporting mission-critical systems
- The i will work within a collaborative team environment to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions aligned with customer requirements.
Primary Responsibilities
- Analyze user and system requirements to design and develop software solutions
- Develop, enhance, and maintain complex software applications
- Implement algorithms to meet performance and functional standards
- Participate in system architecture and design discussions
- Develop APIs, backend services, and user interfaces as required
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
- Conduct unit, integration, and system testing
- Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and performance issues
- Support deployment, configuration management, and release activities
- Contribute to technical documentation and user guides
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives)
Required Qualifications
- Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- Experience using the Linux command line interface
- Experience developing microservices using Java and Spring
- Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and containerd
- Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Experience using system monitoring tools including Grafana and Prometheus
- Experience using Git for version control
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery principles and tools such as GitLab CI and ArgoCD
- Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch for data indexing and retrieval
- Experience with NiFi for dataflow management and ingestion
- Experience with the Amazon HCI platform
- Strong debugging, documentation, and communication skills
- Ability to operate effectively in an Agile development environment and on a multi-disciplinary team
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- Experience using the Linux command line interface
- Experience developing microservices using Java and Spring
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd
- Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration
- Experience using system monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus
- Experience using Git for version control
What We Do
Momentum Engineering understands that our customer's unique missions require innovative software solutions and data-driven engineering methodologies. These approaches leverage DevOps principles and cloud-based automation ensuring that applications and systems can be characterized and reliably measured. Our specialists, working as trusted partners to our customers, have been developing, integrating and maintaining data-centric solutions since our founding in February 2015. Momentum Engineering provides highly-skilled System Engineers, Software Engineers, and formally trained Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to our customers to help them move their missions forward.
