Cloud Software Engineer

MORSE Corp is an employee owned, small business based in Cambridge, MA, Arlington, VA, and Seattle, WA with a history of fielding cutting-edge technology. MORSE boasts a specially selected team of scientists, engineers, and software developers to deliver best-in-class technical solutions that solve difficult multidisciplinary problems faced by the US National Security Ecosystem.  

MORSE is seeking highly motivated and talented Software Engineers with cloud expertise to join our innovative team. You will support projects that provide critical AI, machine learning, simulation, situational awareness, and mission planning capabilities to a diverse range of Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

As a Cloud Software Engineer at MORSE, you will work on cutting-edge technology and directly contribute to the success of our applications and our customers’ missions. You will collaborate with teams of engineers and data scientists to design, develop, and deliver software products that meet high standards of scalability, reliability, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, efficient, and reliable software applications using Python.

• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Oversee the deployment of cloud services and ensure compliance with security guidelines and best practices.

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and collaboration with your team to ensure high-quality code and knowledge sharing.

• Stay up to date with the latest software engineering trends, tools, and technologies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products, ensuring seamless integration and deployment.

• Contribute to new codebases that emphasize object orientation, modularity, and maintainability.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (TS/SCI).

• Strong proficiency in Python.

• 1+ years of hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Experience with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm charts.

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and microservice architectures.

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, and deployment in cloud environments. 

• Strong communication skills and self-motivation.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, and 1+ years of software engineering experience.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%

Nice to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification.

• Security+ or equivalent security certification.

MORSE Corp’s salary range for this role carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to, prior experience, education, skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated. Depending on role eligibility, total compensation may also include bonus, stock, 401(k) match, paid time off, medical, dental, vision and life insurance.

Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year. MORSE maintains an “open” leave policy that does not restrict exempt, regular full-time employees to a specific number of paid sick or vacation days. However, this policy is not an “unlimited” paid leave policy. 

The team at MORSE takes pride in being the smart team that is easy to work with. We focus on steady, long-term success with an emphasis on exceptionalism and delivering mission-critical impact to our customers. For more information, please visit www.morsecorp.com.