Software Engineer Sr

Telos Corporation is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build and run Telos ID enrollment technology across desktop, web, backend services, and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and support production software using TypeScript, Vue 3, Quasar, Pinia, Electron, Node.js, and Fastify
• Develop features for a Windows desktop enrollment application, including integrations with identity, document scanning, biometric capture, and payment hardware
• Build and maintain web-based enrollment features and backend API services deployed on AWS
• Create and maintain unit and end-to-end tests using Vitest, Jest, and Playwright alongside feature development
• Contribute to GitLab CI/CD, build processes, desktop packaging, and release workflows
• Support deployments running on AWS and Kubernetes, with infrastructure managed through Pulumi
• Diagnose production issues spanning application, device, network, and infrastructure boundaries
• Collaborate with product, operations, security, QA, government-program stakeholders, and external hardware vendors
• Participate in code reviews and help define engineering standards
• Document features, integration behavior, and operational procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus 7+ years professional software engineering experience delivering production software
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript, including experience with Vue 3 and a state management library
• Experience building modern web applications and Node.js services
• Experience with desktop software, Electron, and/or hardware integrations or comparable systems-level work
• Experience with AWS and infrastructure as code tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and production release processes
• Ability to understand complex business workflows and contribute technically across a platform
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to operate in a security-sensitive, regulated, or government-program environment
• Willingness to obtain a U.S. government security clearance (background check required)

Technologies

• TypeScript, Vue 3, Quasar, Pinia, Electron, Node.js, Fastify
• Vitest, Jest, Playwright
• GitLab CI/CD
• AWS, Kubernetes, Pulumi, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation
• Docker, Nx
• Node-API, C/C++, SWIG
• OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana
• Windows
• U.S. government security clearance

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k

Preferred qualifications

• Vue 3 Composition API, Quasar, Pinia, Fastify, Electron, Nx, Vitest, Playwright
• Experience supporting Windows desktop applications and native device SDK integrations (Node-API, C/C++, SWIG)
• AWS, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD
• Experience with identity enrollment, document authentication, biometrics, payment processing, or regulated PII workflows
• Experience with observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana)

Eligibility requirements

• Successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, requiring US citizenship
• Telos maintains a drug-free workplace and will conduct drug testing on applicants who accept an offer
• Telos participates in the E-Verify program, and employment is contingent upon confirmation from the SSA and/or DHS of authorization to work in the United States
• Telos Corporation is an EEO/AA employer