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We are looking for talented engineers who are looking to achieve the kind of game-changing leap forward that our customers need across a spectrum of capabilities.\nWhat you will be doing:\nThe Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. In this role you will:\nOversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project\nDesign or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints\nPerform quality control on team products\nConfer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces\nCoordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met\nImplement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards\nWhat you need:\nFourteen (14) years of experience as a SWE and a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university\no 4 years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree\n3 years of demonstrated ability to document component designs with high level design document (HLD)\nDemonstrated ability to plan and develop component Integration Test\n10 years of combined experience in C, C++, Assembly (Intel, Motorola, and/or PowerPC), Perl, Java, Python, C Shell, Bash, and SQL.\nThe desire to provide value to our end users and to broaden your skillset\nClearance: Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role\nDesired qualifications include:\nExperience writing “modern” C++\nExperience writing Python 3, Java, and GoLang\nExperience with analytic development implementing algorithms in code\nExperience building projects with CMake and Make\nExperience with Machine Learning\nKnowledge of tools for software development like git, docker, googletest/Junit, gitlab and gitlab CI\nClearance\nActive TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role\n\nWho are we?\nPraxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.\nPraxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.\n\nWith over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.\nPraxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.\n\nWhy Praxis?\nWe are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.\nAnd then there is the...\n\nBenefits\nAttractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!\nOffice perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)\nPraxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)\n401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.\nAnnual bonus plan\n4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)\nWe reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!\nOn your 10th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!\nAt any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!\nCarryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!\nStudent loan repayment Assistance – COMINGSOON!\nTraining is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.\nConferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.\nTraining & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!\nPraxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.\nWe truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. 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We do all we can to assure that happens every day.\n\nPraxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.","company":"Praxis Engineering","rawCompany":"praxis engineering","city":"Laurel","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:57:17.369Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Engineer","description":"Software Engineer\nPraxis Engineering has an immediate need for a Software Engineer. At the heart of Praxis Engineering are talented and motivated engineering teams empowered to create cutting edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for a wide variety of mission operations. We are looking for talented engineers who are looking to achieve the kind of game-changing leap forward that our customers need across a spectrum of capabilities.\nWhat you will be doing:\nThe Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. In this role you will:\nOversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project\nDesign or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints\nPerform quality control on team products\nConfer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces\nCoordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met\nImplement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards\nWhat you need:\nFourteen (14) years of experience as a SWE and a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university\no 4 years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree\n3 years of demonstrated ability to document component designs with high level design document (HLD)\nDemonstrated ability to plan and develop component Integration Test\n10 years of combined experience in C, C++, Assembly (Intel, Motorola, and/or PowerPC), Perl, Java, Python, C Shell, Bash, and SQL.\nThe desire to provide value to our end users and to broaden your skillset\nClearance: Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role\nDesired qualifications include:\nExperience writing “modern” C++\nExperience writing Python 3, Java, and GoLang\nExperience with analytic development implementing algorithms in code\nExperience building projects with CMake and Make\nExperience with Machine Learning\nKnowledge of tools for software development like git, docker, googletest/Junit, gitlab and gitlab CI\nClearance\nActive TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role\n\nWho are we?\nPraxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.\nPraxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.\n\nWith over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.\nPraxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.\n\nWhy Praxis?\nWe are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.\nAnd then there is the...\n\nBenefits\nAttractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!\nOffice perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)\nPraxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)\n401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.\nAnnual bonus plan\n4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)\nWe reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!\nOn your 10th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!\nAt any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!\nCarryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!\nStudent loan repayment Assistance – COMINGSOON!\nTraining is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.\nConferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.\nTraining & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!\nPraxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.\nWe truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. 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