Captivation Software
Software Engineer 2 (Hyrid) - AWS
About this role
Captivation Software seeks a mid-level software engineer with 14 years of experience to develop solutions using AWS managed services in a hybrid role supporting national security missions. This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain software solutions using AWS managed services
- Contribute to projects with similar scope and complexity to defense/government contracts
- Participate in software engineering processes aligned with program requirements
- Innovate and deliver high-quality solutions supporting national defense
- Collaborate with engineering teams on mission-critical applications
What they're looking for
- AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, or other managed services)
- Software engineering and architecture
- Government contracting software development
- Cloud infrastructure and deployment
- Security best practices for classified environments
Benefits
- Annual salary $130,000–$270,000 based on experience
- Up to 20% 401(k) contribution, vested immediately
- $3,600 HSA contribution
- 6 weeks paid time off
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
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Captivation Software
Captivation Software builds high-performance computing and secure analytics infrastructure for mission-critical government programs, specializing in HPC testing, enterprise dataflow architectures, and cleared defense systems. The company is hiring senior test engineers, systems engineers, and technical leaders with deep expertise in Linux, cloud infrastructure, and security clearances to validate systems and architect solutions for intelligence community operations.
View all jobs at Captivation SoftwareLikely interview questions
- Describe your experience building and deploying applications on AWS managed services—which services have you used most extensively?
- Tell us about a complex software project you worked on with similar scope to government contracts; what were the key challenges?