What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at LaunchCode?
Brief Description
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: St. Louis, MO
Clearance: Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI (TS/SCI)
Compensation: Salary: $130-160k (Plus 10,000 sign on bonus AND 10,000 Relocation
Employment Type: Full-Time, onsite (5 days/week)
Position Overview
We are looking for a passionate cleared Senior Software Engineer to join our team in a mission-critical geospatial application.. The engineer will work with an existing code base—learning it quickly, manipulating it for adjacent use cases, and implementing new features that advance mission capabilities. A background in geospatial systems, imagery acquisition, and geometry is a significant plus. Candidates must be passionate about modern architectures, able to adapt quickly to existing systems, and excited to tackle challenging technical problems for our mission users.
Key Responsibilities
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: St. Louis, MO
Clearance: Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI (TS/SCI)
Compensation: Salary: $130-160k (Plus 10,000 sign on bonus AND 10,000 Relocation
Employment Type: Full-Time, onsite (5 days/week)
Position Overview
We are looking for a passionate cleared Senior Software Engineer to join our team in a mission-critical geospatial application.. The engineer will work with an existing code base—learning it quickly, manipulating it for adjacent use cases, and implementing new features that advance mission capabilities. A background in geospatial systems, imagery acquisition, and geometry is a significant plus. Candidates must be passionate about modern architectures, able to adapt quickly to existing systems, and excited to tackle challenging technical problems for our mission users.
Key Responsibilities
- API Development
- Kubernetes deployments
- Full-Stack Development with Python
- CI/CD
- Secure Cloud (AWS, GovCloud, C2S)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field with 10 years of software engineering experience, OR Master’s degree in a technical field with 8 years of software engineering experience.
- Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
- Experience building and maintaining APIs (ex. FastAPI)
- Experience with Kubernetes and DevOps practices to support rapid deployment and sustainment.
- Experience with web services architecture, design, and development.
Salary : $10,000 - $160,000