Software Engineer-Associate/Experienced

Job Description
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Software Engineer to support our Daybreak team located in Kent, Washington or El Segundo, California. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization.
Join us to build the brain of a mission-critical radar processing ecosystem - the orchestrator that turns tasking inputs into timely, reliable products for customers across industry and defense partners. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your designs, decisions, and code directly shape how our fleet of applications coordinates, scales, and recovers under pressure. You will work at the intersection of real-time systems, cloud-native engineering, and partner integrations.
Your work will be visible, mission-critical, and continually evolving - we move fast, adopt new tech, and count on nimble engineers to make big things reliable. If you thrive on ownership, complexity, and impact, this is the place to shine.
Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Associate and Experienced Level Software Engineers.
Position Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, tests, and maintains non-embedded software throughout the end-to-end lifecycle that meets industry and customer standards.

• Reviews, analyzes, and translates customer requirements into initial design of software products.

• Coordinates the development, maintenance, enhancement and optimization of software products and functionalities for systems integrations.

• Debugs and leads resolution of issues identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of software products.

• Researches and implements current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 1+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience in cloud-native distributed systems and orchestration

• Experience in Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or any other DevOps pipeline tool chain

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.

• Level 2: 1 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Level 3: 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience with AWS, AWS Lambdas, Docker, Kubernetes

• 1+ years' experience in Python/C++ programming on full stack software projects/programs

• Experience developing and maintaining REST APIs and interfaces

• Familiarity with practices such as test-driven development (TDD), agile software development, continuous integration, and dependency management is preferred.

• Experience with satellite ground mission capabilities, products, and/or customers

• Experience with DevSecOps and continuous integration (CI/CD, Jenkins, GitLab)

Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Travel: 10%
Union: This is a union-represented position.
CodeVue Coding Challenge:
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
Pay & Benefits:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range for Associate Level (Level 2): $102,850 - $139,150
Summary pay range for Experienced Level (Level 3): $127,500 - $172,500
Applications for this position will be accepted until Jan. 15, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.