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 Senior Software Integration Engineer with proven experience designing, building, debugging, and maintaining Java- and Python-based integration services in AWS
- The successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of integration components, from design and development through production support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, and maintain Java- and Python-based services and API-centric applications.
- Build and support cloud-native integration components in AWS
- Perform systematic root cause analysis and break complex issues into reproducible steps
- Troubleshoot production issues across Java and Python codebases
- Support production monitoring, incident response, and an on-call rotation
- Develop and maintain services using AWS capabilities such as Lambda, CloudWatch, SQS/SNS, and DynamoDB
- Take end-to-end responsibility for integration components from initial design through production operations
- Review merge requests and provide clear, constructive technical feedback
- Collaborate effectively with internal teams and cross-domain stakeholders
- Document technical findings, defects, resolutions, and operational procedures
- Participate in Agile/Scrum development activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and other recurring ceremonies
Required Qualifications
- Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
- At least nine (9) years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree plus seven (7) years of relevant experience
- Strong hands-on software development experience using Java and Python
- Experience developing integration-focused or API-centric software products
- Direct experience building and maintaining production services in AWS
- Experience with AWS services including Lambda, CloudWatch, SQS/SNS, and DynamoDB
- Experience with production monitoring and troubleshooting
- Ability to perform systematic root cause analysis and clearly communicate findings
- Ability to work effectively within technical teams and across organizational or system domains
- Experience reviewing merge requests and providing constructive technical feedback
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of integration components throughout the full lifecycle
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to debug complex, cross-language Java and Python codebases under time-sensitive production conditions
- Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical production systems
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with regular sprint ceremonies and backlog grooming
- Strong understanding of API integration patterns, distributed services, and cloud-based system integration
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
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience
- At least nine (9) years of relevant experience (or Master's plus seven (7) years)
- Strong hands-on software development experience using Java
- Strong hands-on software development experience using Python
- Experience developing integration-focused or API-centric software products
- Direct experience building and maintaining production services in AWS
- Experience with AWS services including Lambda, CloudWatch, SQS/SNS, and DynamoDB
- Experience with production monitoring and troubleshooting
- Ability to perform systematic root cause analysis and clearly communicate findings
- Experience reviewing merge requests and providing constructive technical feedback
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation
- Ability to work effectively within technical teams and across organizational or system domains
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of integration components throughout the full lifecycle
- Demonstrated ability to debug complex, cross-language Java and Python codebases under time-sensitive production conditions
- Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical production systems
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with regular sprint ceremonies and backlog grooming
- Strong understanding of API integration patterns, distributed services, and cloud-based system integration
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.







