Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.
Captivation Software is looking for a mid level software engineer who will be doing back-end development and DevOps engineering.
RequirementsSecurity Clearance:
- Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen
- Seven (7) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required
- Four (4) years of SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
- Design, develop and maintain microservices using Spring Boot and Java
- Build and manage RESTful APIs and backend services deployed on AWS (e.g., ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3)
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with DevOps, frontend, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or ELK
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability
This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.
- Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)
- Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)
- Above Market Hourly Rates
- $3,600 HSA Contribution
- 6 Weeks Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D
Skills Required
- Top Secret/SCI security clearance with favorable Polygraph; U.S. citizen required
- Seven (7) years experience as a software engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline (or four years SWE experience on similar projects may substitute)
- Design, develop and maintain microservices using Spring Boot and Java
- Build and manage RESTful APIs and backend services deployed on AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3)
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using CloudWatch, Prometheus, or ELK
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with DevOps, frontend, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
What We Do
Build something to be proud of. Captivation is focused on engineering digital solutions for mission makers. We deliver software engineering expertise across a broad spectrum of disciplines, collaborating to solve problems with the agility and efficiency of a small business. Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is a small, developer-oriented company that embraces the progressive attitude you would expect at a tech startup. We value transparency in the employer-employee relationship, and aim to empower our team through a flattened company structure. We actively pursue the most interesting work the Intelligence Community has to offer. Our team works with leading software technologies to create awesome solutions for happy clients.
