Software Engineering, Intelligent Platforms

Leidos

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $87,100–$157,450 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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Below market

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This role pays less than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$213,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $122k versus about $182k 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 · Software Engineering, Intelligent Platforms

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As a Software Engineering – Intelligent Platforms (Mid), you will join a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, systems engineers, ISSEs, and security professionals. You will be a hands-on contributor building backend services, microservices, and automation workflows that power agent-based platforms. Your daily work involves developing autonomous or semi-autonomous agents that interact with technical and business systems, leveraging LLMs for decision support and analysis. You will implement APIs, orchestration logic, and Infrastructure as Code to manage cloud environments. Required technical skills include proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, along with experience in AI/ML systems, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines. You will solve complex problems by treating infrastructure, agent behavior, and operational logic as version-controlled code within secure, regulated environments requiring a Secret security clearance.

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Median $178325 from 38 postings across 15 companies.

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Skills

Python Java Go LLMs AI Microservices APIs Infrastructure as Code GitLab GitHub CI/CD Docker Kubernetes AWS GovCloud Agent-based architectures Automation workflows

What you'll do

Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices for intelligent, agent-based platforms.
Build and integrate autonomous or semi-autonomous agents that interact with technical and business systems.
Develop AI-enabled workflows using LLMs for decision support, automation, and system interaction.
Implement APIs and orchestration logic to enable effective collaboration between agents and services.
Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud environments.
Translate requirements and security controls into code in collaboration with systems and security engineers.
Support CI/CD pipelines and secure deployments aligned with ATO requirements.
Express infrastructure, automation, and agent behavior as version-controlled, testable code.

What we're looking for

BS degree and 4+ years of professional software development experience.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred; Java or Go acceptable).
Experience building backend services, APIs, or microservices.
Exposure to AI/ML systems, LLMs, or intelligent automation through professional work or applied projects.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tooling.
Experience working in GitLab and/or GitHub with collaborative development practices.
Must have and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Active Security+ certification or equivalent IAT Level II certification (preferred).

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