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Senior/Principal Back-End Software Developer

Annapolis Junction, Maryland Job ID 7374 Category Engineering - Software Post Date Aug. 16, 2025
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Senior/Principal Back-End Software Developer

Why This is an Exciting Role:

As a Senior/Principal Back-End Software Developer at Boeing Intelligence & Analytics (BI&A), you will be creating and enhancing a high-visibility, collaborative web application used in the day-to-day mission by the customer as well as across the broader Intelligence Community (IC) and other partners. Your work will enable data to be updated and shared in real-time that will help drive more informed and timely decisions in matters of national security.

  • Provide Back-End software development and technical services to support the Analytic and Engagement Applications (AEA) organization
  • Collaborate with other software development teams developing web-based user interface applications promoting service interoperability, integration, and reuse
  • Perform code reviews
  • Debug existing software and correcting defects
  • Write & review software system documentation

What Makes BI&A Different:

As a fully owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, BI&A offers an optimal mix of a small company environment with exceptional opportunities supported by a large corporation.

Every day, Boeing Intelligence & Analytics supports global missions by building and delivering intelligence, analytics, and cyber solutions that enable users to advance national security. From hardware and software engineering solutions to analytics that keep this nation safe, we create value that meets users’ needs. With vibrant partnerships and innovative approaches, we serve the Intelligence Community through innovation and vision. We have provided our customers with the tools needed to counter evolve global and cyber threats, and to improve wartime decision-making.

  • Our talented employees bring software development, systems engineering, and advanced analytics expertise.
  • We offer numerous prime contract opportunities with customers headquartered in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as subcontract opportunities that align with our areas of focus and additional opportunities nationwide through our parent company.
  • We have current open positions on awarded programs across diverse customer sets and are anticipating upcoming contract awards with a 5-year life cycle and an additional 5 option years.
  • Our diverse portfolio allows our employees to move to other projects and teams as they gain further proficiency in their current skill set and learn new skill sets along the way. 
  • We offer hands-on access to cutting-edge technologies and a culture of technical excellence. 

Experience and Qualifications:

To be eligible for this demanding position, the ideal candidate should demonstrate the following experience and qualifications:  

Required Education and Years of Experience:

  • Twenty (20) years of experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.

  • Twenty-five (25) years total of SWE experience may be substituted for candidates without a qualifying bachelor’s degree.

Required Qualifications: ​

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph 
  • JPA / Hibernate Database Development Experience
  • RESTful Services
  • Java Message Service (JMS)
  • Mongo DB
  • Relational databases such as PostgreSQL or CockRoachDB
  • Data modeling using relational databases for Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Swagger to create RESTful APIs
  • Linux CLI tools
  • Parse and transform JSON

Desired Qualifications: ​

  • Full Stack experience
  • AWS and Kubernetes
  • Gitlab CI/CD and Docker
  • Elasticsearch
  • Production Software support and maintenance.
  • Strong Analytical troubleshooting skills needed.
  • Provide back-end software development and technical services to support the Analytic and Engagement Applications
  • Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
  • Develop services for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
  • Review source code and test software components for adherence to code standards and design requirements and documents test results
  • Provide specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components
  • Perform database and software life-cycle activities to ensure highest level of system performance and availability and compliance with business requirements
  • Administer, maintain, and implement policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the database(s)
  • Collaborate with Outreach team to troubleshoot, debug existing production software and correct defects.
  • Improve documentation and software development process standards.

Telework/Remote Availability:  Hybrid work authorized (Telework hours will depend on tasking for customer duties)

Work Location(s):   Annapolis Junction, MD 

Summary Pay Range:

Please note that the information shown below is a general guideline only. Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

$206,000- $246,000

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BI&A is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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Your Benefits

No matter where you are in life, our benefits help prepare you for the present and the future.

  • Generous company match to your 401(k).
  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
  • Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations.
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These programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other conditions, which may differ for employees of certain subsidiaries or business units, or union-represented employees depending on bargaining agreement terms. If this information conflicts with the program documents, the latter shall control. This material is informational only.

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