--- title: 'Software Engineer 3 at Wyetech' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-3-wyetech-laurel-bx2ak1ac6c87' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Software Engineer 3 at Wyetech - **Company:** Wyetech - **Location:** Laurel, MD - **Compensation:** $86–$136/hr - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/wyetechllc/623f300c-1262-4a4e-b40f-85fb84c758fb ## Job description At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry. We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer Level 3 to provide comprehensive cloud software research, development, and engineering services. This role is central to our mission of building and sustaining robust, large-scale distributed systems. You will lead the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from initial requirements analysis and system design to integration, testing, and long-term enhancement of mission-critical cloud applications. Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph). Capabilities Design and Development: - Full-Stack Engineering: Deliver end-to-end software services including requirements analysis, installation, evaluation, and issue resolution. - System Enhancement: Proactively diagnose complex technical issues and develop sustainable enhancements to improve system performance and reliability. - Distributed Computing: Design and implement solutions utilizing massively parallel computation models and NoSQL architectures to handle large-scale data sets. - Integration & Testing: Develop and implement rigorous test plans and scripts; integrate and extend FOSS/COTS products to meet unique project requirements. - Technical Documentation: Generate high-quality technical documents, ontologies, and data models to support project transparency and long-term maintainability. Testing and Deployment: - Write and execute unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests. - Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. - Deploy and maintain the web application in a production environment. - Collaboration and Communication: - Collaborate effectively with data scientists, engineers, and product managers. - Communicate technical information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing. Required Qualifications - TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly - Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE) supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university. - Four (4) additional years of SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. Required Technical Skills - Minimum of eight (8) years in software development/engineering across the full SDLC. - At least six (6) years of experience with high-level languages (e.g., Java, C, C++). - At least five (5) years developing software for UNIX/Linux (specifically RedHat versions) environments. - Demonstrated ability in the requirements analysis and design of at least one major Object-Oriented system. Desired Technical Skills The ideal candidate will possess experience in at least four (4) of the following - Graph Data Modeling & Performance: Experience designing and optimizing complex graph schemas in Neo4j. Proficiency with Cypher query optimization, index management, and utilizing APOC procedures for batching and large-scale data transformations. - Enterprise Java Microservices: Advanced development using the Spring Boot ecosystem (Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud). Experience implementing robust, scalable backend services with a focus on high-concurrency and performance tuning. - Graph-Relational Integration: Demonstrated work experience integrating graph databases with traditional RDBMS or search engines (like Elasticsearch) to create polyglot persistence architecture. - Graph Analytics & Algorithms: Familiarity with the Neo4j Graph Data Science (GDS) library to implement pathfinding, centrality, or community detection algorithms for real-time analysis. - Advanced Analytics: Developing data-driven or event-driven analytics orchestrated through rules engines. - Cloud Scalability: Understanding of massive scalability patterns used by industry leaders (Amazon, Google, etc.). - AI & Pattern Discovery: Experience with genetic algorithms, inference engines, or identifying latent patterns in datasets exceeding 10 Petabytes. - Specialized Processing: Foreign language processing, multi-media exploitation (speech, text, image, video), or social network discovery. - Data Modeling: Experience documenting complex ontologies, schemas, and API specifications within heterogeneous environments. The Benefits Package - Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds. Additional benefits include: - Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs. Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including: - A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA) - Vision and Dental - Life and AD&D Benefits - Short and Long-Term Disability - Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances - Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services Company Environment & Perks - Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000 - Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts - Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS - Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party. - Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually. Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Affirmative Action Statement: Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Accommodations: Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood. at 844-WYETECH x727 or staffing@wyetech.com. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates. ## About Wyetech ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Wyetech is a privately held computer engineering services firm that provides high-quality software, systems, and cybersecurity talent to solve the nation’s toughest problems for federal and commercial customers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Odenton, Maryland, United States - **Founded**: 2007 - **Founders**: Mark Goss ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Software Development, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Data Analysis, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Analysis (Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance, Computer Network Operations) - **Target customers**: Federal government (Intelligence Community, Department of Defense) and commercial customers; B2B/Government, primarily cleared contracting. - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Engineering happiness for customers, with the happiness shared by our talented workforce.” Also: “To provide the best possible environment for employees to thrive and provide stellar services and solutions for our customers and their respective missions.” ## Products & Services - **Core Service – Engineering Staffing & Solutions**: Wyetech places highly vetted, quality engineering talent (internal referrals only) on government contracts. Disciplines include Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Data Analysis, and Cyber Security. - **Proprietary Data Lake Tool – JCRSD**: An internal platform for which Wyetech is building a foundational AI integration framework and agentic platform using Python, Kubernetes, and large language models (LLMs) with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, reusable AI skills, and safety guardrails. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric – Annual Revenue**: USD $20,446,821 (estimated) - **Key Metric – Total Funding**: Not applicable (private, bootstrapped since founding) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: None publicly listed; primary clients are federal agencies (Intelligence Community, DoD). Notable alumni destinations include BrainTrust Holdings, GliaCell Technologies, Lorica AI, Dragos, Inc., and others. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount growth of +4.5% YoY (29 employees as of latest data) - 145 active job postings (though monthly posting trend declined -39.1%) - Expanding into AI integration and agentic platforms for existing government contracts - Multiple office locations across Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS ## Competitive Advantages - **High Quality, Referral-Based Talent Pipeline**: Wyetech only hires through internal referrals and rigorous screening, ensuring a consistently high-caliber workforce that customers recognize. - **Deep Cleared Talent Pool**: Focus on U.S. Citizenship and active TS/SCI security clearances with polygraph gives them a competitive edge in the cleared government contracting space. - **Retirement Benefit Uniqueness**: Automatic 20% of gross compensation contributed to a SEP IRA with immediate vesting – an unusually generous benefit in the industry. - **Small Company Culture, Large Contract Reach**: Ability to support contracts nationwide while maintaining a tight-knit, employee-focused culture. ## Strategic Focus - **AI Integration & Platform Modernization**: Investing heavily in building foundational AI integration frameworks and agentic platforms for their proprietary JCRSD Data Lake tool, leveraging Python, Kubernetes, and LLMs. - **Talent Acquisition & Retention**: Continued hiring of cleared engineering talent across multiple disciplines (software, systems, network, cyber) to support growing contract needs. - **Employee Experience**: Maintaining a “world-class, truly unique employee experience” through competitive benefits, generous PTO (up to 200 hours annually), referral bonuses ($10,000), and frequent team-building events. ## Why Work Here - **Culture Highlights**: Employee-focused mission (“engineering happiness”), small company feel with strong collaboration; regular team events (monthly lunches, summer picnic, holiday party). - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid options available (e.g., 1-2 days per week in Columbia, MD for some roles); also supports various contract locations and telework opportunities. - **Notable Perks**: - **Automatic 20% SEP IRA contribution** with no employee match required and immediate vesting - Up to 200 hours of PTO per year with flexibility to adjust at start of each year - Choice of medical plans (with HSA option), vision, dental, life/AD&D, short/long-term disability - Employee referral bonus up to $10,000 - Two complementary branded clothing orders annually - Mobility across contracts and locations - **Engineering Culture**: Hands-off, innovative environment; engineers build secure, scalable AI frameworks and work with cutting-edge tech (Kubernetes, LLMs, MCP) in a mission-focused context. ## Sources 1. 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