Software Development Engineer

Role: Software Development Engineer
Location: Mclean, VA.

Let’s create our future together at The AES Group!

About The AES Group
The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.

Role Overview
Self-starter, visionary, “10x-type” engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and be eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services.
Leverage the latest architectural approaches, open-source frameworks, and advanced tools to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions. You’ll impart your skills to the team, as they utilize industry-leading tools and techniques to create impactful software designs. Your role involves shaping a new product from the ground up with genuine autonomy and ownership. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-availability software products with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities, integrating agentic AI at their core. You will also implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, telemetry, canaries, and automated testing to ensure the quality and reliability of our systems.

Key Responsibilities
Design and develop software products that meet user needs and market demands.
Apply engineering principles to construct and maintain efficient, bug-free software systems.
Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to bring products from concept to launch.
Architect secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications
Work on both front-end and back-end development using languages such as Go, Node.js, Java or C#.
Integrate backend services with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB
Write clean, efficient, testable code following best practices for performance, maintainability, and security
Integrate generative AI tools to accelerate development and enhance product design.
Communicate design decisions and technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Contribute to a culture of innovation and technical excellence by keeping abreast of industry trends.
Embed security checks and compliance requirements into the development process to meet relevant standards.

Qualifications
5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
5+ years of experience with Go, Java, Node.js, or C# development
3+ years of experience in distributed architectures using microservices or serverless in AWS, Google, or Azure
3+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices
Experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance
Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices
Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate development, automate coding tasks, and review AI-generated code
Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance 

Nice to Have Skills
Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications
Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization
Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance
TS/SCI clearance
Master’s degree
AWS Certifications, such as Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate, or Solutions Architect Associate