Software Engineer–(experienced Or Senior)(virtual) - Remote Eligible

Software Engineer–(Experienced or Senior)(Virtual)

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Software Engineer–(Experienced or Senior) (Virtual) to support our Boeing Automation and Software Engineering (BASE) team located in Seattle, Washington. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization.

At The Boeing Company, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company built on shared values. We are committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, engaging, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The ideal engineer will serve as the lead developer for a suite of critical tools and a new web application that replaces a legacy Excel/VBA Design Practice (DP) applicability tool. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, maintaining, and releasing software that supports extraction and delivery of DP data across disciplines, large-scale content updates, automated quality bots, and data mirroring to enterprise process teams.

The role includes ownership of baselined requirements, architecture, design, code, and test artifacts for the web application, implementation of questionnaire-driven filtering of DP data, presentation of results to end users, and persistence of questionnaire responses and outcomes. Operating within a multi-disciplined Agile environment, the position requires building and maintaining APIs, implementing automated testing and CI/CD practices, and participating in change control and configuration management to ensure software quality, safety, and traceability. Technical leadership is expected, including mentoring engineers, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders, troubleshooting production issues, and guiding release processes.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including: Experienced or Senior Software Engineer. This position has been identified as a virtual opportunity and will not require the selected candidate to relocate.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead developer for BASE tools (design, development, test, deployment, and sustainment):
• DPL Tool — produce Design Practice lists (extractions of all Directive data) across 12 Engineering Disciplines.
• Bulk Updater — implement and maintain bulk-update capability to modify PBC content at scale (e.g., thousands of pages).
• Bots — develop and maintain automated bots for quality checks, defect list generation, notifications, and phased auto-change capabilities (initial Bot rollout in current sprint).
• Mirroring — deliver formatted DP data to Process Sets/Enterprise Software standards, templates, and checklist owners.
• Take over as lead software developer for a new web application:
• Maintain baselined requirements, architecture, design, implementation, and test artifacts.
• Replace legacy Excel/VBA DP applicability tool: implement questionnaire-based filtering of DP data, present results to users, and persist results with questionnaire responses.
• Design, implement, and maintain APIs for read/write access to DP and content stores.
• Implement automated testing across unit, integration, and system levels; participate in CI/CD pipeline development and release management.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical grooming.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineers and collaborators; coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders (process, standards, content owners).
• Ensure software meets quality, safety, and configuration management requirements and follows change control processes.
• Provide troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support as needed.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years professional experience as a software developer.
• 3+ years' experience in Python for design, implementation, and test automation.
• Experience designing and using RESTful APIs; able to implement read and write flows.
• 3+ years' experience of the software engineering lifecycle and testing types (unit, integration, system, regression).
• Practical experience working in Agile teams and contributing to Agile processes.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Experience with Linux-based development and deployment environments.
• Demonstrated leadership skills: technical lead experience, mentorship, and cross-team coordination.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA for backlog and issue management.
• Experience with GitLab (or equivalent SCM) including CI/CD pipelines.
• Web application development experience (server-side Python frameworks, front-end proficiency as required to deliver the questionnaire/results UI).
• Familiarity with Design Practices, process sets, or similar engineering content workflows.
• Experience with source control management foundation and release creation processes.
• Experience with MediaWiki and wikitext for content integration and bulk updates.
• Prior experience building automation/bot systems for content quality or workflow automation.
• Familiarity with enterprise content storage, templating, and data mirroring approaches. Strong communication skills, ability to capture and maintain requirements, and create traceability between requirements, design, and tests.

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Travel: Less than 25% of the time.

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Pay & Benefits: At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Summary pay range for Experienced Level: $110,500 - $172,500.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.