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 Microservices Developer to support modernization of a legacy operational system using a microservices-based architecture and modern cloud-native technologies
- The successful candidate will design, develop, integrate, and deliver Java Spring Boot microservices leveraging AWS-native services, REST APIs, CI/CD practices, and containerized deployment technologies
Primary Responsibilities
- Design and develop Java Spring Boot microservices using AWS-native technologies
- Build RESTful services capable of filtering, selecting, and processing complex data objects
- Support modernization of legacy applications into scalable microservices-based architectures
- Implement CI/CD principles and automated delivery workflows using Maven, GitLab, GitOps, and related tooling
- Develop, integrate, test, and deploy software in an Agile development environment
- Support containerized application deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
- Develop and maintain interfaces with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, and release activities
- Collaborate closely with software developers, systems engineers, testers, product owners, and other stakeholders
- Troubleshoot application and integration issues across development and production environments
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting operational systems
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 six (6) years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree plus four (4) years of relevant experience
- Experience developing software in an Agile environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work effectively within a team-oriented software development environment
- Ability to support an on-call rotation
Desired Qualifications
- Candidates should have experience with at least two of the following:
- Java, Spring Boot, or Python
- Microservices architectures
- CI/CD technologies and practices, including AWS tools, Maven, GitLab, GitOps, Kubernetes, and Docker
- NoSQL databases, including MongoDB query development and schema design
- OAuth / OIDC implementation
- Automated testing frameworks such as Playwright and Cucumber
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 six (6) years of relevant experience (or Master's degree plus four years)
- Experience developing software in an Agile environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work effectively within a team-oriented software development environment
- Ability to support an on-call rotation
- Experience with Java
- Experience with Spring Boot
- Experience with Python
- Experience with microservices architectures
- Experience with CI/CD technologies and practices (AWS tools, Maven, GitLab, GitOps)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB (query development and schema design)
- Experience implementing OAuth / OIDC
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright and Cucumber
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.
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