Dignitas Technologies, a By Light company, offers a wide range of services in the military modeling, simulation, and training (MS&T) industry from research efforts advancing simulation technologies to large acquisition contracts. Dignitas specializes in system and software analysis, design, development, testing, fielding, and courseware for Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training applications.
By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.
Position OverviewSenior Software Engineer / Lead Developer that will envision product development and oversight of simulation projects through completion; analyze, design, and develop software enhancements and new modules; guide the development of a project from initial design through testing while providing strategic management direction. Provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced staff.
Responsibilities- Designs and develops software applications, components, and system enhancements.
- Lead daily development meetings and monitor progress against established project tasks and schedules.
- Analyze and decompose software requirements into actionable development tasks and maintain the project backlog.
- Lead and conduct software peer reviews to ensure adherence to established coding, design, and implementation standards.
- Performs coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the application development process.
- May provide consultation on complex projects. Supports development of project proposals.
- Support technical planning, estimation, and development of project proposals.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other relevant degree.
- Minimum 10 years of experience as software developer.
- Experience designing and coding software applications using the Unity and/or Unreal Engine.
- Ability to independently plan, prioritize, and track software development activities to support project objectives and schedules.
- Experience designing, developing, and modifying software application, components, and prototypes.
- Research product development options and provides analysis for product direction.
- Consults with internal functional areas to identify customer needs and include into project objectives. Provides support regarding product development to internal departments.
- Manages and directs up to four to five software developers. Supports evaluation of software engineers’ performance, sets project expectations and goals for team members, and mentors/trains staff.
- Ability to create and maintain software design and project documentation.
- Experience supporting military, government, or technical training programs.
- Extensive experience developing software applications using C#.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience developing applications using a 3D game engine such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent understanding of text-based structured data such as JSON and XML
- Strong background in Modeling and Simulation application development background
- Extensive experience with bug tracking and task management applications such as Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Expert understanding and application of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
- Ability to obtain a Security Clearance
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another relevant field
- At least 10 years of software development experience
- Experience designing and coding applications using Unity and/or Unreal Engine
- Ability to independently plan, prioritize, and track software development activities
- Experience designing, developing, and modifying software applications, components, and prototypes
- Ability to research product development options and analyze product direction
- Ability to consult with internal functional areas to identify customer needs and support product objectives
- Experience managing and directing up to four or five software developers
- Ability to evaluate performance, set expectations and goals, and mentor or train staff
- Ability to create and maintain software design and project documentation
- Experience supporting military, government, or technical training programs
- Extensive experience developing applications using C#
- At least four years of experience developing applications with Unity or Unreal Engine
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong understanding of JSON and XML structured data
- Background in modeling and simulation application development
- Experience with Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Expert understanding and application of software development lifecycle processes
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
What We Do
By Light Professional IT Services LLC (By Light) provides a full range of hardware and software engineering services to defense, civilian, and commercial customers worldwide. Driven by a management team that leverages real-world expertise from the defense, intelligence, federal healthcare, and commercial sectors, we provide reliable, efficient, and cost-effective IT solutions. Some of our successes include: • Completion of 80+ Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) sites both CONUS & OCONUS. Provided Optical Network Engineering, Implementation, & Project Control Worldwide. • Provided timely completion of ATM to IP Migration, Legacy Network Optimization, & VOIP Implementation of 47 CONUS Sites for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) SCAMPI Network. • Supporting the AMC CIO/G6 in the Depot Modernization Program, implementing CONUS wide 802.11/a/b/g/n wireless networks, Area Processing Center Migration, DISN Optimization, and a 40,000 user, enterprise-wide SharePoint Implementation. • Completion of 2,000 Plus Legacy Circuit Migrations to DISN Transport for DISN Transition Program. • Delivered Communications Support & Staff Augmentation for Deployed DoD Forces under the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems Technology Applications Office (PEO EIS TAO). • Successful Implementation of Secure Intelligent Video Systems (IVS) for the Intelligence Community. • Supporting major international carriers in the modernization and expansion of Data Center Facilities. • Engineering new Turnkey “Cloud Services,” including Hosting, Managed Services, COOP, and Data Storage and Archival.
