Senior Software Engineer

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

We work on creating cutting edge cloud software to support the Department of Defense. Our software teams work in an agile collaborative environment where each scrum team is composed of 5 to 10 developers. Our software architecture is based on micro services which heavily utilizes Docker. We have multiple projects that either focus on creating synthetic environments, training, or mission planning and awareness.

We use different technologies/programming languages due to our micro service architecture, because of this we look for candidates that have a strong desire to keep learning and advancing their skills. In order to support this continuous learning, we provide a number of resources to foster this as well as providing the training time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in one or more of the following: C#, JavaScript, Java.

• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as C#, Java, C , Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.

• Must be eligible for Secret DoD Personal Security Clearance.

• Participate in the development of algorithms for new product concepts.

• Develop and research ideas for possible R&D projects.

• Passion to develop cutting edge software to solve complex problems for the Department of Defense.

• Desire to develop innovative software for various R&D projects.

• Responsible for software planning, design, planning, prototyping, execution, and deployment of new features.

• Capable of mentoring and aiding junior software developers.

• Must have a strong interest in the creation of new products.

• Must be able to collaborate and perform effectively as part of a project "team".

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering, software, or computer science.

• Minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience or a master's degree in engineering or computer science with 3 years of software engineering experience

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Working with RESTful APIs such as Flask, Node.js, or C# ASP .Net

• Experience creating web applications using frameworks such as React or Angular

• Familiarity working with geospatial data using GDAL, Geoserver, OpenLayers, Leaflet, or Cesium

• Experience in working with SQL/NoSQL database systems such as MySQL, MongoDB or Elasticsearch.

• Experience with container runtime environments such as Docker and container-orchestration systems such as Kubernetes

• Experience with Kafka and RabbitMQ

• Deploying software to cloud platforms using containerized software modules in DevSecOps pipelines

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required.

• The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• May be required to sit down for long lengths of time.

• May be required to climb stairs.

• Must be able to travel periodically to customer locationsCONUS and to International sites

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at hrops@caemilusa.com

Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com.