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Software Developer

Fusion Innovation


Job Location:

Chantilly, VA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 100000 - 215000
Posted: 6 October 2026 (17 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Software Engineering

Job Summary


FusionInnovations recent growth has earned us a top spot in the Inc 5000 FastestGrowing Private Companies in America and in Washington Business Journals BestPlaces to Work multiple years in a row. Our team members are passionate abouttheir work and are empowered to contribute their unique skills and perspectivesto our projects. Here at Fusion we put people first. When you join us youdont just join a company you join a family. If you are ready to be part of afun and engaging team where your innovative ideas are heard supported andmake ever lasting mission impacts for our Nations most sensitive programs youhave come to the right place.


Position Overview

The Software Developer will design develop enhance and support mission-critical information systems operating in distributed environments around the world. This role works across application development integration automated delivery testing and production support with a focus on reliable Java Scala and C/C services. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with network operations infrastructure and field engineering teams to sustain high system availability.


Key Responsibilities
  • Develop enhance and sustain production services and components written in Java and C/C.
  • Create and maintain interface documentation including schemas service contracts and versioning strategies and support integration testing.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and operational support escalations as required.
  • Collaborate with network operations infrastructure and field engineering teams to diagnose end-to-end failures across distributed environments.
  • Develop and maintain build and deployment automation using GitLab CI/CD.
  • Write and maintain unit integration and regression tests for critical services and interfaces.
  • Follow configuration management release management and change-control practices required for distributed production systems.
  • Rapidly troubleshoot and resolve software discrepancies to maximize system availability.
  • Produce clear technical documentation design notes implementation plans and operational runbooks.
Required Skills
  • Active Top Secret/SCI.
  • Bachelors degree and 512 years of relevant software engineering and/or software development experience; the final level will be determined based on experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Java Scala and/or C/C with production-grade development experience.
  • Experience building and supporting distributed highly available or operationally critical systems.
  • Working knowledge of relational databases preferably PostgreSQL and/or NoSQL databases preferably MongoDB.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines preferably GitLab CI/CD and modern development practices including code review branching tagging and release management.
  • Ability to troubleshoot production issues using logs metrics and structured debugging methods.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to develop clear technical and operational documentation.
Desired Skills
  • Experience supporting systems deployed to remote sites with intermittent connectivity.
  • Experience with migration and compatibility support across major database or platform transitions such as PostgreSQL to MongoDB.
  • Knowledge of secure communications patterns including TLS certificates and key rotation.
  • Familiarity with message queues event-driven architectures and performance profiling for CPU memory and database queries.
  • Experience collaborating with field engineering and network operations teams.
  • Exposure to ELK stack patterns for operational troubleshooting and analytics.
Additional Details
Fusion Innovation anticipates the annual base salary for this position will generally range from $100000 to $215000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors including but not limited to:
  • Relevant education certifications and training
  • Years of direct applicable experience with this work and the customer
  • Contract labor category requirements skill level contract bill rate and hours allocation
  • Alignment with the positions responsibilities
  • Additional specialized skills


In addition to base salary eligible employees may be considered for discretionary bonuses and are eligible for Fusion Innovations comprehensive benefits package which includes medical dental vision company-sponsored retirement contributions paid leave professional development opportunities and other employee benefits.

Fusion Innovation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. Fusion Innovation participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility for all newly hired employees. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact and include your name and contact information

Required Experience:

IC


About Company

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