Software Engineer

About the position

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team's passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage. Aquila is seeking a Software Engineer to join our team in supporting one of the country's premier defense research organizations.

Responsibilities

• Full lifecycle application development.
• Designing, coding and debugging applications in various software languages.
• Software analysis, code analysis, requirements analysis, software review, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, software reliability analysis.
• Object-oriented Design and Analysis (OOA and OOD).
• Software modeling and simulation.
• Front end graphical user interface design.
• Software testing and quality assurance.
• Performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation.
• Supports, maintains and documents software functionality.
• Integrates software with existing systems.
• Evaluates and identifies new technologies for implementation.
• Maintains standards compliance.
• Implements localization or globalization of software.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S Citizen (Green Cards / Visas do not qualify)
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation and maintain a personal security clearance.
• Must be within commutable distance of Lexington, Massachusetts.
• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years Software/Algorithm Development
• 3 years Software Documentation
• 5 years Backend Programming (SQL)
• 5 years Containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• 5 years GIT/GITHUB
• 3 years Java/J2EE/JEE (JSP, SERVLETS, JDBC, JSTL, SOAP) Development
• 5 years Java Development
• 5 years JavaScript Development
• 5 years JSON
• 5 years Python
• 3 years Python/Tensor Flow
• 5 years Software Design/Development
• 5 years XML and SQL
• 5 years Leveraging various software packages for testing purposes
• 5 years Maven or Gradle, Git / Gitlab, Make / Autotools
• 2 years Hardware and Software Integration

Nice-to-haves

• C/C++ Programming
• C++11 or later, Stand Template Library, Boost library
• IDE to Java
• MATLAB
• Object Oriented Software Design and Development

Benefits

• PTO - 15 days (vacation/sick) 10 paid holidays - 6 standard (New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) - 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire
• 1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
• 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment
• Tuition & Training Reimbursement - 5K annually for pre-approved, job-related tuition, certification, or professional conferences
• 401K with Fidelity 100% immediate vesting; Plan eligibility begins 90 days following the date of hire. Aquila matches 50 cents on the dollar, up to 6%.
• Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses.
• Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) Allowance Reimbursed up to $1500 for the purchase of a qualified technology device. Eligible after 90 days of employment, and benefit renews every three years.