Job Title

Software Engineer

Job Description

This position will be based at Ashburn, VA.

Responsibilities:

- Own technical direction and architecture across web, desktop, backend, native-integration, and cloud components.
- Design, implement, test, and support production software using TypeScript, Vue 3 Composition API, Quasar, Pinia, Electron, Node.js, and Fastify.
- Maintain Windows desktop applications and native integrations with identity, document-scanning, biometric, and payment hardware.
- Lead the technical delivery of features spanning online enrollment, onsite enrollment, renewals, scheduling, identity documentation, and payments.
- Own or oversee builds, desktop packaging, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, releases, deployments, and environment configuration.
- Support application deployments running on AWS and Kubernetes, including infrastructure managed through Pulumi, and diagnose deployment and environment issues across those platforms.
- Diagnose complex production issues across application, device, network, vendor, and infrastructure boundaries.
- Work with product, operations, security, infrastructure, QA, government-program stakeholders, and external vendors.
- Review technical designs and code, improve engineering standards, and mentor engineers.
- Document architecture, operational procedures, integration behavior, and technical decisions.
- Manage modernization, dependency upgrades, reliability improvements, and technical debt without disrupting enrollment operations.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or equivalent with 2-4 years professional software engineering experience, including technical leadership or ownership of a production system.
- Strong TypeScript and JavaScript experience, including substantial experience with Vue 3 Composition API and Pinia.
- Experience delivering modern web applications and Node.js services.
- Experience with desktop software, Electron, native modules, hardware integrations, or comparable systems-level integrations.
- Experience designing and troubleshooting distributed systems and third-party integrations.
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, production releases, and incident investigation.
- Ability to understand complex business workflows and become the authoritative technical SME for a platform.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work across technical and nontechnical teams.
- Ability to work in a security-sensitive, regulated, or government-program environment.

Preferred qualifications

- Vue 3 Composition API, Quasar, Pinia, Fastify, Electron, Nx, Vitest, and Playwright.
- Experience supporting Windows desktop applications and existing Node-API, C/C++, SWIG, or native device SDK integrations
- Ability to use AWS, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitLab CI/CD (Build/Administration experience not required)
- Identity enrollment, document authentication, biometrics, payment processing, or regulated PII workflows.
- Experience leading platform modernization and coordinating multiple production applications and release paths.

Salary: Min: $120,000.00 / Max: 150,000.00 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Telos offers an excellent compensation package with benefits that include generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and 401k.

The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Ashburn, VA 20147 US (Primary)