Top Software Engineer Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Build and maintain scalable full-stack web application features and distributed microservices. Own complex features from design through deployment, improve application performance and reliability, support on-call operations, troubleshoot incidents, enhance CI/CD and container infrastructure, and collaborate with product, design, infrastructure, and API teams. Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards while delivering customer-focused shipping and fulfillment experiences.

Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and implement complex Java software capabilities, enterprise APIs, RESTful services, and microservices. Integrate AI coding agents for feature development, refactoring, testing, and code review. Collaborate in an agile team, manage complex architectures, maintain security and performance standards, and meet multiple deadlines in a hybrid Columbia, Maryland or Fort Meade environment.

Develops, integrates, tests, deploys, maintains, and troubleshoots enterprise software across Microsoft platforms. Translates stakeholder requirements into secure web, desktop, cloud, API, and Microsoft 365 solutions. Builds AI-enabled and generative AI applications using LLMs, supports enterprise integrations, evaluates development standards and technologies, and provides technical leadership across projects. The role also collaborates with vendors, documents systems, supports lifecycle roadmaps, and advises legal and administrative stakeholders.

Build and operate Origin’s AI observability platform across data-collection agents, backend services, infrastructure, inference pipelines, APIs, and React interfaces. Design distributed systems using AWS, EKS, ClickHouse, and Kafka for high-throughput, multi-tenant production workloads. Develop internal coding agents and define AI-native engineering practices while making decisions around storage, APIs, performance, and reliability.

Build and own user-facing features and core platform architecture across frontend, backend, and ML pipelines. Integrate AI workflows (LLMs, embeddings) for curriculum generation and automated evaluation. Manage end-to-end development: requirements, design, implementation, CI/CD, testing, observability, and iteration while collaborating with product, design, ML, and customer teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will analyze user requirements, debug software, improve processes, and collaborate with the team to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Oversee embedded software engineering teams, providing technical leadership for software design, development, integration, testing, and Agile processes. Manage employee performance, staffing, career development, coaching, and mentoring. Coordinate with systems and hardware disciplines, support proposals and estimates, address team impediments, track risks and defects, and drive continuous improvement. This is a full-time, on-site defense role requiring an active Secret clearance and up to 25% travel.

Lead, coach, and mentor ServiceNow software engineers delivering complex customer projects. Develop and customize ServiceNow solutions, troubleshoot platform and module issues, maintain integrations, support upgrades and performance optimization, document technical solutions, and perform deployments. The role requires advanced ServiceNow development expertise and SAM/HAM experience, along with ServiceNow certifications.

Design and build Kafka-, Python-, and Java-based streaming data pipelines and ETL workflows that reconcile requested and deployed infrastructure. Ensure scalable, reliable data ingestion and processing, collaborate with full-stack engineers on integrations and visualizations, and help develop rules and alerts identifying infrastructure discrepancies and policy violations.

Develop and maintain analytic and UI-based software tools supporting CNO operators and analysts. Responsibilities include resolving application issues, gathering customer requirements, rapidly prototyping solutions, automating workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes frontend and UI development while also involving APIs, backend services, DevOps, databases, Python, CI/CD, and containerization.

Build and ship full-stack features used by learners and tutors worldwide. Responsibilities include understanding user problems, contributing product ideas, taking prototypes through deployment, making technical decisions, writing maintainable code, and participating in code reviews and pairing sessions. The role requires close collaboration with designers, stakeholders, and users while supporting a safe, scalable peer-learning platform.

Develop and enhance full-stack digital products across frontend and backend systems. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, troubleshooting, maintaining applications, contributing to CI/CD and cloud-native practices, and collaborating through Agile ceremonies, paired programming, and knowledge sharing. Senior and Lead engineers additionally mentor teams, influence technical strategy, guide system design, and drive cross-product engineering direction.

Build and operate backend services, package registries, APIs, and artifact-serving infrastructure in Go. The role focuses on scalability, reliability, observability, performance, load testing, production operations, and secure customer-facing systems. Responsibilities include implementing projects from design through release, participating in technical decisions, investigating production issues, reviewing code, and collaborating across engineering and product teams.

Build and scale Bubble’s backend infrastructure and platform services, improving performance, reliability, observability, capacity management, and data scalability. Contribute to workflow engines, data-tier systems, cloud infrastructure tools, and high-volume services. Participate in triage and on-call processes, diagnose incidents, and implement preventative improvements while collaborating effectively with engineering teammates.

Design and implement a distributed query optimization system for MongoDB. Research query systems, architect features, write and review production-quality C++ code, debug large codebases, coordinate cross-team integrations, and mentor engineers while shaping long-term roadmap and performance improvements.

Develops and sustains cloud software supporting cyber intelligence and AI/ML capabilities on large-scale compute clusters and AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, software development, integration, testing, validation, installation, enhancement, maintenance, and issue resolution. The role works with distributed NoSQL systems, big-data technologies, cloud scalability, machine learning, large language models, RAG, agentic workflows, microservices, Kubernetes, observability, and infrastructure-as-code tools.

Develop and maintain end-to-end full-stack software solutions from design through production. Build, test, integrate, document, debug, monitor, and maintain applications across UNIX and Linux environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems, improve architectures, automate workflows, develop APIs, and support deployment using Agile and DevOps practices. The role requires TS/SCI clearance and involves work on challenging client systems.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex software systems. Responsibilities include Python and Rust development, Linux systems work, shell scripting, algorithms, databases, authentication and access control for HPC environments, CI/CD, automation, containerization, cloud solutions, and Java/J2EE applications. The engineer analyzes requirements, debugs software, integrates systems, performs quality control, and may lead development teams. An active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

Develop and deliver end-to-end software systems in an agile environment. Responsibilities include designing solutions, evaluating architecture and operating environments, mastering new tools, identifying system improvements, and supporting software from concept through production. The role requires Java development and collaboration on systems supporting critical government missions.

Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Foundations platform team, owning authentication, authorization, SSO, secrets management, tenancy, and core platform services. Design APIs, drive services through launch, make technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers without formal management authority. Partner with engineering and product leaders to align execution with priorities.

Develop and maintain full-stack Java applications supporting enterprise data architecture and transformation initiatives. Build scalable data ingest, processing, transformation, and transport solutions; create RESTful APIs and backend services; prototype modernization capabilities; collaborate with architects and stakeholders; and participate in Agile development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, integration, and sustainment activities.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains secure software supporting cyber threat intelligence sharing and mission applications. Builds Kubernetes-hosted services, Apache NiFi data flows, STIX/TAXII integrations, APIs, automation, and cloud services across AWS and Azure. Troubleshoots interoperability and performance issues, implements monitoring and operational controls, creates technical documentation, and collaborates with engineering and mission teams in an Agile environment.

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and maintains mission-critical software using C++ and Python. Troubleshoots defects and performance issues, supports system integration, requirements analysis, design reviews, documentation, configuration management, and secure coding practices. Collaborates with systems engineers, operations teams, and mission stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure applications in production environments.

Develop and maintain full-stack, cloud-based microservices applications for an intelligence-community customer. Build React interfaces and backend services with Node.js, Python, and Rust; deploy using Kubernetes and Helm; implement messaging, real-time processing, infrastructure automation, observability, and distributed data platforms. Support cloud migration, system performance optimization, testing, and architecture decisions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Entry-level software engineer supporting future Intelligence Community missions. Responsibilities include developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining applications in Linux using C++ and Java, plus scripting for automation and system operations. The role involves code reviews, documentation, software integration, deployment support, and learning secure development practices. Candidates need foundational software development experience, strong problem-solving skills, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.