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Principal Software Engineer - Full-stack application developement

AI summary of the role

Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman Xetron in Cincinnati, OH, building cloud-based, full-stack mission applications for national security.

What you’ll do

  • Design and implement cloud-hosted microservices, APIs, and data pipelines for decision support and analytic workflows
  • Develop custom algorithms and analytic services for decision making and situational awareness
  • Build web-based user interfaces that integrate with backend processes and databases
  • Evaluate commercial solutions for make/buy analyses, including cloud services and COTS/GOTS components

What you’ll bring

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field with 2+ years programming experience (or M.S./Ph.D. equivalent)
  • Demonstrated experience with Python, C, or C++
  • Experience integrating commercial software products into custom solutions
  • Proven full lifecycle software engineering including operations and maintenance of fielded systems

Technologies

Python · C · C++ · AWS · Azure · Docker · VMware · React · TypeScript · JavaScript · Go · Cameo

About Northrop Grumman

Builds aircraft, missiles, space systems, sensors, cyber and microelectronics for U.S. and allied national-security customers, with strengths in stealth, nuclear modernization and classified space.

Public · 5000+ people

Source and classification

Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:

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