Wyetech is a small business founded in June 2007, built on a simple vision that hasn’t changed since day one: hire awesome people, compensate them well, and channel their enthusiasm into making customers happy. That commitment shows up in our benefits, including a best-in-class retirement plan: Wyetech contributes the equivalent of 20% of your salary to your SEP IRA, helping you build real long-term financial security. Our mission is to give employees the best possible environment to thrive while delivering stellar services and solutions for our customers and their missions. We call it engineering happiness: for our customers, and shared by the talented team that makes it happen.

Software Engineer Level 2 – Cloud with UI Proficiency (Python & Microservices)

Job Description

Wyetech is seeking a Software Engineer 2 with strong cloud development experience—particularly in Python and microservices—to join a small, high-impact software team. If taking ideas from concept to working prototype in fast, iterative cycles excites you, and you enjoy solving complex problems in distributed systems, this role will give you the opportunity to have outsized impact on how our organization operates.

You will work as a hands-on engineer on a close-knit team, designing and building scalable back-end services and data-intensive systems that support mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex back-end software systems based on documented requirements.

• Design and implement UI features using off-the-shelf UI technologies such as Grafana and Kibana.

• Implement services and data pipelines using AWS data-lake and big-data technologies.

• Build and evolve microservices-based architectures, including service boundaries, APIs, and inter-service communication patterns using AWS serverless technologies.

• Utilize sound software design and development methodologies to build, integrate, and execute simulations in development and test environments.

• Provide input to system and software design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse strategies, and effective use of COTS/GOTS components versus new development.

• Perform requirements analysis and synthesis from system level down to individual services and modules.

• Implement and consume RESTful APIs to integrate back-end services with other systems and client applications.

• Containerize services (e.g., Podman/Docker) and deploy them to orchestrated environments (e.g., Kubernetes).

• Diagnose and resolve complex issues in distributed systems, including performance analysis, latency reduction, and scalability tuning.

• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver incremental value.

• Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

• Work independently when needed, demonstrating ownership, follow-through, and clear communication.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or Physics is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in software engineering, modernization, or solution architecture.

• Strong Python development skills for back-end and service-layer implementations.

• Experience building UI using COTS frameworks such as Grafana and Kibana.

• Experience building and consuming RESTful services.

• Hands-on experience with containers (Podman and/or Docker).

• Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

• Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments such as AWS or on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI).

Familiarity with Two or More of the Following

• Processing paradigms: Machine Learning workflows, streaming data processing, and/or batch processing pipelines.

• Data stores: MongoDB, ArangoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL (data modeling, performance tuning, and operations).

Desired Skills

• Experience with provisioning frameworks such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

• Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) for distributed systems.

• Experience working in agile or iterative development environments.

• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Vue.js for building rich, responsive UIs.

Clearance Requirements

TS Clearance with Customer Appropriate Polygraph

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position-appropriate security clearance are required.

Benefits

Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.

Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:

• A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Vision and Dental

• Life and AD&D Benefits

• Short and Long-Term Disability

• Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances

• Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services

• Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000

• Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts

• Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS

• Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.

• Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.

Salary Range

$83.91–$113.63 USD Hourly

Hourly pay rates listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies; certifications, and geographic location. Hourly pay rates reflect the pre-benefit gross wage amounts.

Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Accommodations:

Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood at 844-WYETECH x727 or [email protected]. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.

Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Affirmative Action Statement:

Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Accommodations:

Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood. at 844-WYETECH x727 or staffing@wyetech.com. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.

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