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Software Development Engineer

Sparks Group
Mc Lean, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 9/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/25/2026
Job Summary/Company: Our client is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join their chief technology office engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. You’ll focus on building client's Software-Defined Everything (SDE) platform to enable Physical AI, Edge, Trusted Environments and other applications across mission domains to autonomously discover, provision, simulate and deploy these systems. You’ll be a self-starter, visionary, “10x-type” engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services. Due to client requirements, only US Citizens may be considered for this role. It is hybrid, onsite 2 to 3 times per week, so you must be local to McLean VA.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
  • Apply engineering principles to construct and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems.
  • Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to bring products from concept to launch.
  • Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications
  • Work on both front-end and back-end development using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java or C#.
  • Integrate backend services with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB

Qualifications/Background Profile:

  • 5 years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
  • 2 years of experience with Golang
  • 3 years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure Cloud
  • 3 years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices

This job is Hybrid Remote.

Pay Range: Hourly $75.00 to $100.00

We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.

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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.

Salary : $75 - $100

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