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Software Engineering Lead
Parsons Corporation
Software Engineering
USD 120,800-217,400 / year
Posted on Sep 26, 2025
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with exceptional people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.
Job Description:
Parsons has emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. We hire the best, we make them a priority, and we never lose focus on the mission. It’s why we’re here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and delivering meaningful value through innovative, cost effective and intuitive software solutions.
Our Space Operations directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on it. Parsons creates game-changing space solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you an experienced software engineer looking to grow your skillset and work on a project that has real world impact? Do you have what it takes to effectively lead technical teams in the pursuit of ambitious goals for our mission partners? We need your help.
Our team is looking for an amazingly talented Software Engineering Lead with demonstrated leadership experience to join our team! In this role, you will be a part of the development of advanced systems, focusing on full life-cycle software design, implementation, optimization, and deployment. You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams to develop scalable, high-performance software solutions supporting mission-critical applications as a member of Parsons’ Space Operations Directorate. You will work with software engineers and space analysts to develop capabilities with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced technologies in support of Space Domain Awareness tools.
This position requires work on-site in the office in Colorado Springs.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Provide key contributions to system design and integrations with other teams in the solution space
- Enhance existing architecture to improve system responsiveness, security, and scalability
- Collaborate with developers, system architects, product owners, and other stakeholders
- Advise on microservices-based architectures using containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Contribute to project documentation
- Lead and mentor other software engineers through architecture designs, resilient software solutions, and verified deliverables
- Utilize Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies for efficient software development
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an engineering field with 10+ years of technical experience. Relevant experience may be accepted in place of a degree
- Experience designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging enterprise applications or platform infrastructure software
- Experience in object-oriented analysis and design techniques
- Experience with common CM tools and best practices
- Java application development experience, specifically microservice architecture
- Experience developing RESTful web services
- Experience using Docker and/or Kubernetes containers for development and deployment
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills, while establishing and maintaining effective work relationships with team members
- Demonstrated ability to lead others with an understanding of how to motivate others, set clear goals, plan and assign tasks, mentor when needed, hold others accountable, resolve conflict, and build team cohesion
- Ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, flexible environment, and take the initiative to learn new tools and concepts quickly.
- Active TS security clearance, with SCI eligibility is required
- Must be willing to accomplish a CI-Polygraph.
- Must be a US Citizen due to DoD contract
Desired Skills
- Familiarity with any of the following technologies:
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies
- Spring Boot
- DevSecOps concepts and using CI/CD pipeline technologies such as Jenkins, GitLab, Docker
- AWS/GovCloud technologies
- Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS and common UI frameworks (Vue3, Angular, React)
- Experience working in an Agile Software Development environment using the Scrum methodology
- Security+ Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $120,800.00 - $217,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.