Software Engineer
Barbaricum· Defense· Aug 19, 2026 · 2mo agoPosted 69 days ago
Springfield, VA
In office
Full-time
Principal
$195K–$215K
5+ years exp
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Job description
Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 17 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.
Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, and Bedford, IN, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join our team.
Barbaricum is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to support an established development team embedded with a customer at the nexus of the Special Operations and Intelligence Communities. This team has developed a hyper-responsive capability to respond to challenging and evolving requirements to counter unconventional cyber and kinetic threats with the ability to receive, store, process, and make sense of large-scale mission data at the speed of offensive and defensive operations.
This capability enhances critical national security assets’ ability to quickly respond to Warfighter’s counter proliferation requirements with technology solutions and services incorporating innovative approaches and the fusion of various data sources and types.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with a team of software and data engineers to solve technical challenges by proactively identifying novel approaches and implementing solutions that leverage customer knowledge, project-based needs and an understanding of the mission
Process, analyze and search petabytes of data, developing analytics tools to better understand and operationalize data pertinent to intelligence challenges
Write algorithms with trillions of records using geo-temporal analytics to discover patterns
Provide direct support to a Tier-One SOF customer focused on achieving real-world outcomes every day which has the power to remove roadblocks to effectively coding in a classified environment
Qualifications:
Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development and engineering roles using Python.
Experience with web frameworks like Django, FastAPI, and frontend frameworks such as React or Angular will be instrumental in developing user-friendly interfaces and APIs.
Proven expertise in backend and frontend technologies, web frameworks, and database management (relational and NoSQL).
Strong familiarity with DevOps practices, automation tools, and cloud infrastructure management (Docker, Ansible)
Compensation and Benefits The anticipated compensation range for this position is $195,000–$215,000 annually. The stated range represents Barbaricum's good-faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, education, skills, qualifications, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements.
Benefits: Eligible employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; a 401(k)-retirement plan with company contributions; accrued paid time off (PTO) for vacation and sick leave; paid company holidays; and other applicable leave and voluntary benefit programs. Benefit eligibility, coverage, and terms are governed by the applicable benefit plans and company policies.
EEO Commitment
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
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