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 shall be responsible for collaborating with Product Owners, System Engineers, and Project Software Engineers to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and sustain a mission-focused enterprise web application deployed in a containerized Kubernetes Linux environment.
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
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Experience using the Linux CLI and Tool Suite
- Experience developing Bash/Python scripts
- Experience developing with Python in a Linux environment
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Experience creating Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
- Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL
- Experience with designing and implementing REST interfaces
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
- Experience with Git Source Control System
- Experience with the Django Web framework
- Experience with the Celery Task Scheduler
- Experience with NGINX
- Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Experience with AI Development Tools such as Claude Code
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
- Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph (must be U.S. citizen).
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 3 years SWE experience, OR Bachelor's plus 5 years SWE experience, OR 7 years SWE experience in similar programs.
- Experience using the Linux CLI and tool suite
- Experience developing Bash scripts
- Experience developing Python scripts and developing with Python in a Linux environment
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Familiarity with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Experience creating Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
- Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL
- Experience designing and implementing REST interfaces
- Experience with CI/CD principles and tools such as GitLab CI
- Experience with Git source control system
- Experience with the Django web framework
- Experience with the Celery task scheduler
- Experience with NGINX
- Experience with the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
- Experience with AI development tools such as Claude Code
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.
