About this role
Standard Job Description
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide high-level technical leadership, software architecture expertise, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) guidance across integrated Scrum teams supporting F-35 Mission Planning Environment (MPE) engineering. This is a high-impact, hands-on architectural and technical leadership role focused on designing, modernizing, and scaling distributed microservices, containerized platforms on Kubernetes, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, enterprise automation frameworks, secure CI/CD pipelines, and multi-language software engineering.
The successful candidate will serve as a lead technical authority and SME across integrated Scrum teams and a key partner to Chief Architects; turning architectural vision into robust, production-ready capabilities while elevating the engineering organization’s technical maturity and execution velocity. This individual will lead cross-cutting architectural initiatives, design modular microservices, establish container orchestration and cloud infrastructure patterns, modernize CI/CD and automation frameworks, mentor senior and mid-level engineers, resolve complex system integration challenges, and establish durable, scalable engineering practices across the program.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience (Master's preferred)
* 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership in software architecture and distributed systems
* Expertise in designing, decomposing, and delivering scalable microservices, distributed systems architectures and virtualization (VMWare, HyperV)
* Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes (deployment manifests, Helm charts, stateful/stateless workloads, cluster networking, service discovery) and container orchestration
* Proven experience architecting and managing cloud/hybrid infrastructure using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible)
* Experience integrating distributed systems through REST APIs, message brokers, event-driven architectures, and strong troubleshooting across Kubernetes, networks, and/or OS (Linux/Windows)
* Ability to produce clear architectural documentation, communicate complex topics to diverse stakeholders
Desired Skills
* Knowlegde of MPE (Mission Planning Environment) Software
* Strong polyglot programming experience across multiple modern languages: Python, C#/.NET, Java, TypeScript/React/JavaScript
* Knowlegde of enterprise CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (unit/integration/system), DevSecOps, SAST, SCA, and vulnerability scanning
* Create architectural decision records (ADRs), interface control documents, and repeatable onboarding and training materials to reduce reliance on single-person expertise.
* Proven experience serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) across integrated Scrum teams in an Agile environment.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120600.00 - $224000.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
* Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
* For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.