Senior Software Engineer

Kastech Software Solutions Group · Arlington, United States

Hiring: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Arlington, VA – Hybrid

⚠️ Only candidates located near Arlington, VA will be considered

⏳ Contract Opportunity

We are only looking for visa-independent candidates

Job Description:

Required Skills

✅ Strong experience in Java Full Stack Development

✅ Extensive software engineering / full-stack development experience

✅ Experience building scalable applications, REST APIs, distributed systems & cloud-native services

✅ Strong DevOps, CI/CD & deployment automation – Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar

✅ Cloud platforms – AWS and/or Azure

✅ Docker, Kubernetes & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

✅ Experience developing reusable frameworks, internal platforms, libraries and developer tools

✅ API management, API gateways, secrets management and infrastructure tooling

✅ Strong understanding of platform engineering and modern SDLC practices

✅ Interest in AI-assisted engineering and workflow automation

✅ Technical leadership, problem-solving and cross-team collaboration

✅ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Key Responsibilities

Improve CI/CD platforms, deployment pipelines and engineering practices

Build reusable frameworks, internal platforms and developer productivity tools

Drive modernization through cloud-native technologies, automation and AI-assisted engineering

Develop scalable applications, APIs, services and enterprise platform capabilities

Collaborate with engineering, product, platform and architecture teams

Improve scalability, resilience, security and maintainability

Identify process inefficiencies and improve SDLC/PDLC effectiveness

Support DevOps, IaC and operational excellence initiatives

Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices

Evaluate emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity

⭐ Nice to Have

Large-scale data platforms

ETL pipelines and high-volume data processing

Modern platform engineering experience

AI-enabled development and workflow automation