Junior Software Engineer

Base-2 Solutions is hiring a Junior Software Engineer in Hanover, Maryland for onsite work. In this role, you’ll help develop and improve software systems that support national defense decision-making, with an emphasis on disciplined engineering, testing, and practical design trade-offs within a cleared environment.

You will work on complex software that may include analytics, real-time capabilities, and systems that handle extremely large datasets, while contributing to design discussions from system level down to individual components.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems based on documented requirements, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large datasets, real-time systems, and business management information systems.
• Work individually or as part of a team to deliver software functionality.
• Review and test software components for alignment with design requirements, and document test results.
• Resolve software problem reports.
• Apply software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.
• Provide input to software components of system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, and decisions involving Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS) or Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) solutions versus new development, along with requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to software components.

Requirements

• No demonstrated experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Technologies You May Work With

• Languages and tooling: Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby, Go; Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio, VS Code
• Platforms: Windows, Unix, Linux, macOS
• Collaboration and tracking: Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), GitHub, ServiceNow
• Frameworks and front-end: Spring, Angular, Bootstrap
• Data and build: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Maven, Jenkins
• Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
• Version control and other systems: Git, SVN, CVS
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents; multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability, long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), and life insurance up to $200,000.
• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total), with pre-tax and Roth options.
• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO) and 11 paid floating holidays.
• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).