Job Description

Software Architect

Colorado Springs, CO Full-Time Senior Level

www.synaptech-usa.com

Salary Range: $103,571 - $192,659 . Final compensation will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to your skills, experience, education, and/or certifications.

Benefits: Synaptech offers one of the best benefits packages in the Colorado Defense Industry. You will receive over 5 weeks of PTO, 5% matching 401K plans with immediate vesting. It’s your money from the first deposit, and there’s no multi-year waiting period! Almost all our health, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, basic life, health FSA, and dependent care FSA plans are available at NO cost for you and your family. And, if you select the HDHP medical plan that we offer, we’ll even pay you up to an extra $2K per year in your Health Saving Account (HSA). What’s this all mean? More cash in your pocket each and every month!

Location: Synaptech is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Colorado Springs is consistently recognized as one of the best cities to live. This year, US News and World Report ranked Colorado Springs the #2 best places to live in the US. The Springs offer a strong job market, quality schools, and boundless recreational opportunities!

What You Will Do At Synaptech

Substantially contribute to a multi-disciplinary team which is conceptualizing, architecting, developing, and integrating software and hardware solutions into a unified framework to support warfighter training and exercises.
Collaborate with others as a technical leader, establish technical standards, and drive engineering practices across the entire effort.
Design and implement digital twins for existing and future satellite systems across multiple domains including Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), communications, missile warning, navigation, and more.
Research, explore, and experiment with new software development technologies to bring innovative solutions to bear on difficult problems.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of professional development experience or master’s degree with 8+ years of professional software development experience.
Deep understanding of software design and architectural patterns.
Solid understanding of and work experience employing multiple programming languages.
Simulation framework/engine development experience.
Experience designing, building, and managing large-scale software frameworks used to integrate disparate software systems and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL).
Ability to see both the big picture and details of software architectures and anticipate and facilitate architectural changes over the full software lifecycle.
Agile software development experience, with the ability to develop features both collaboratively and on your own with minimal supervision.
Growth mindset and willingness to continually learn and apply new technologies.
Possess or be able to attain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Have

Space domain experience
Physics-based modeling and digital twin development experience
Experience developing microservices, REST APIs, and software libraries
Experience integrating software applications through APIs and microservices
Experience with TDD and writing unit tests, integration tests, and system tests to achieve high code coverage within a CI/CD pipeline.
Experience working with large data sets through databases, JSON, and XML, and developing analytical software to process and present the data
Proficiency in NoSQL database design, maintenance, and operations (MongoDB is a plus)
Experience in container-based deployment using Docker
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and SysML experience
Software team leadership experience

Security Clearance Requirements

Preferred – TS/SCI
Nice to Have – Secret
Acceptable – Ability to obtain a security clearance

About Synaptech

Synaptech was founded by an entrepreneurial leadership team with a strong passion for fundamentally changing the world by protecting the freedom that our nation enjoys, and by creating a better tomorrow for future generations. We specialize in the rapid, innovative, collaborative implementation of highly technical solutions for some of the DoD’s most demanding assessments and missions.

At Synaptech, your personal contributions matter. You are more than a name in an endless sea of developers. Your work will be seen by a wide range of audiences including the U.S. Government, up to the highest levels within the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Executive Branch.

Synaptech is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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