Software Dev Engineer IV

Job Title: Software Dev Engineer IV Location: Arlington, VA 22204 Duration: 24 Months Job Type: Contract Work Type: Onsite Pay rate: $80.00/hourly Job Description: Design, develop, implement, test, document and deliver large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services using multi-threaded programming, distributed programming in Java and C++, JDBC, SQL, Object Oriented design and design patterns, Oracle, and middleware messaging systems in a Linux environment. Assist in gathering and analyzing business and functional requirements, and translate requirements into technical specifications for robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well within the overall system architecture. Own delivery of entire piece of system or application, and serve as technical lead on complex projects using best practice engineering standards. Produce comprehensive, usable software documentation. Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation and travel for onsite troubleshooting or project launch. Qualifications: MS in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or related occupations of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related. Experience in the job offered or related occupation must involve multi-threaded programming and distributed programming in Java or C++ on Linux. Experience must also involve JDBC, SQL, and Object Oriented design and design patterns. Requires availability for travel and 24x7 on-call support rotation. Employer will accept Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field plus five years of progressively responsible experience in the specialty as equivalent to the Master's degree. Candidate Requirements: Requirements SDE 3+ years professional software development 2+ years system architecture/design Strong DSA and system design knowledge Distributed systems experience Cloud computing (AWS) expertise Version control (Git) CI/CD pipeline experience Database management Problem-solving ability Team collaboration skills Previous Client contracting/work experience Frontend development Secondary Skills: CS degree/advanced education Experience with building AI Agents Event Driven architecture Data Modelling Infrastructure as Code Multiple programming languages DevOps/SRE practices Agile methodologies Leadership experience Technical writing/presentation Top 3 must-have hard skills: Programming Language (Java, Type script, Python) Development in cloud (AWS) End – End Software development technologies Benefits .