Senior Software Engineer, Intelligent Platforms & Agents

Leidos

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$107,900–$195,050 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
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This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $150,187–$179,062 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $151k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Leidos currently has 426 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 344 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Intelligent Platforms & Agents

The Senior Software Engineer – Intelligent Platforms & Agents joins the team to build and evolve platforms that simulate complex technical and business environments. This hands-on technical leadership role involves designing distributed systems and microservices while developing intelligent agents and AI-enabled services using LLMs and automation frameworks. The engineer will implement patterns for agent orchestration, decision workflows, and "everything as code" practices, including infrastructure, automation, and compliance-related controls. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, leading CI/CD pipeline integration, and ensuring security is embedded into platform designs. Required skills include experience with cloud-native architectures, Infrastructure as Code, and production AI/ML systems. The role solves the problem of automating business processes and network operations through intent-driven, agent-based systems within secure, regulated, and compliance-driven environments.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain distributed systems and microservices through hands-on coding.
  • Build and integrate intelligent agents and AI-enabled services using LLMs and automation frameworks.
  • Define patterns for agent orchestration, system interactions, and automated decision workflows.
  • Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code and "controls-as-code" practices across the lifecycle.
  • Embed security requirements and systems engineering principles directly into platform design and code.
  • Establish development standards for GitHub-based collaboration, testing, and technical documentation.
  • Mentor mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance.
  • Lead the integration of CI/CD pipelines and security tooling into everyday development workflows.

What we're looking for

  • BS degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Must have and maintain a Secret security clearance.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and building complex or distributed systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience developing backend services and microservices.
  • Experience working with AI/ML systems, including LLM integration in production environments.
  • Strong background in cloud-native architectures and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Experience delivering software in secure, regulated, or compliance-driven environments.
  • Active Security+ certification or equivalent IAT Level II certification (preferred).

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