Principal Engineer

Our client is a growing Gov Con seeking a Principal Engineer to join their team. This role is based onsite in Northern VA. This role will be responsible for integrating systems that lack a common interface; reverse engineering subsystems; developing custom toolchains that accelerate the speed of development; or developing new approaches to infrastructure that handle heterogeneous deployment needs. Experience in a small government contracting environment is a plus.

This is a permanent, direct hire opportunity. Candidates should be eligible to hold security clearance; existing clearance holders are preferred.

Responsibilities:

1. Performing hands-on technical work including design and development of algorithmically complex software, performance profiling, optimization, and general troubleshooting for a variety of software stacks spanning from Java and C++ to project-specific Domain Specific Languages (DSLs).
2. Supporting demonstration and testing of software in lab and test events.
3. Mentoring junior team members in growth of technical and program expertise.
4. Creating documentation and test suites to help warfighters and co-contractors leverage our solutions.

Qualifications:

1. Extensive experience building robust and maintainable software to solve algorithmically complex problems.
2. Proficiency in C++ or Java.
3. Fundamentals of computer and network security basics.