Software Engineer

Peerless is searching for a US citizen who is a skilled Software Engineer to support development of modern software systems and services supporting defense and national security missions. The selected candidate will design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions in a collaborative Agile development environment while contributing to containerized and cloud-enabled architectures. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams to develop reliable and secure software solutions while leveraging DevOps practices, container technologies, and modern data architectures. This role will rely heavily on refactoring and creating new code from scratch, not just repairing or changing old code. Depending on skill level, this position will be hybrid in Dayton Ohio, or for the right person, could be remote.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in object-oriented programming using Go, Python, Java, or C#
• Experience developing software for Linux environments
• Familiarity with HTTP-based web services and frameworks such as Java Spring Boot
• Experience with data description languages including XML, YAML, or JSON
• Experience using source control systems such as Git (GitHub, GitLab), Apache Subversion, or BitBucket
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Podman, CRI-O, or similar
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and YAML configuration
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB)
• Strong communication and organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with message queue systems such as RabbitMQ or Redis Streams
• Experience with caching systems such as Redis or Memcached
• Familiarity with Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) technologies such as OAuth2, JWT, Keycloak, or OpenID
• Knowledge of compiler architecture, including lexers, parsers, or compilation processes
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum software development environments
• Experience using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or similar build systems