Senior Software Engineer (Application Development & Integration)
- Applied Information Sciences, Inc
- Washington, D.C.
- 5mo ago
- Full-Time
- On-site
When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Operates independently or as a team lead, selects appropriate persistence technologies (e.g., EF, Dapper), defines source control strategies, and designs subsystem infrastructure.
Work & Complexity: Tackles complex problems with thorough analysis, manages cross-functional delivery, and improves system reliability and scalability.
Quality & Independence: Consistently meets deadlines even under challenging conditions, enforces standards through detailed reviews, and establishes productivity benchmarks for the team.
Teamwork & Communication: Provides functional leadership by setting objectives, organizing resources, resolving conflicts, and engaging confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.
Consulting & Engagement: Troubleshoots advanced client issues, supports requirements gathering, and contributes to vendor presentations or proposal activities.
Role Overview
The Software Engineer is responsible for the design, development, testing, and management of application development projects supporting IT infrastructure. This includes programmatic integration of third-party components, introduction of new custom capabilities, modification of existing code, process improvement recommendations, and automation of operations and maintenance tasks. The role also involves developing technical efforts to design, build, and deploy applications under the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and manage application development projects in support of IT infrastructure.
Integrate third-party components programmatically and introduce new custom capabilities.
Modify existing code to enhance functionality and performance.
Recommend process improvements and automate operations and maintenance tasks.
Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy applications under the direction of lead architects.
Work on large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics.
Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.
Conduct technical project milestone reviews, code architecture sessions, resource estimation, and development best practices knowledge transfer.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
(or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree).
8+ years of experience in software development and application management.
Strong knowledge of application design, development, testing, and management.
Experience with programmatic integration of third-party components.
Proficiency in modifying existing code and introducing new custom capabilities.
Ability to recommend and implement process improvements and automation.
Experience with large-scale data processing, statistical modeling, and advanced analytics.
Strong understanding of the software development life cycle.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Active Top Secret Clearance.
Preferred Skills
Experience working under the direction of lead architects.
Familiarity with technical project milestone reviews and code architecture sessions.
Knowledge of resource estimation and development best practices.
Ability to transfer knowledge and mentor team members.
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.