Software Engineer
American Systems
Fredericksburg, VA · Posted June 17, 2026
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About the job
Overview
**This is a pipeline requisition designed to collect resumes for potential upcoming work at AMERICAN SYSTEMS and does not represent a current opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted when an opening/funding becomes available**
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities
As a senior Software Developer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have an opporunity to do the following:
Support a Department of Justice program, who designs, builds and implements highly technical data collection systems.
Support a technology lab who dynamically implements technology to meet their outside customers uniquely defined evidence collection needs.
Serve as development expert in software engineering, with a primary focus Web GUI Development.
Provide expertise in Stylesheets, Java Script ES6, HTML and HTML5 standup.
Be proficient in the following programming languages: C/C++, JAVA Native Interface (JNI), JAVA, Database Connectivity (JDBC), Oracle Pro *C, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Visual Basic.
Provide support in a variety of areas to include Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Digital Signal Processors (DSP), Windows devices Drivers, Embedded SQL, Video Transcoding, Bandwidth Aggregation, and OCR data processing.
Provide leadership and research in advanced software engineering concepts. Provides solutions to highly complex problems of a specialized product or design development, with a wide range of projects or programs.
Be responsible for requirements analysis, subsystem allocation, performance analysis, and system engineering leadership.
Prepare reports as needed relating to assignments, as required. Maintains technical competence and state-of-the-art expertise in areas of technical specialization.
Qualifications
Active Top-Secret Clearance.
U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
Serve as a senior Software Developer with expertise in software engineering, with a primary focus Web GUI Development.
Experience with Stylesheets, jQuery, Java Script ES6, HTML and HTML5.
Proficient in the following programming languages: C/C++, JAVA Native Interface (JNI), JAVA, Database Connectivity (JDBC), Oracle Pro *C, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Visual Basic.
Proficiency in the administration and use of Azure DevOps.
Proficiency in the administration and use of Azure DevOps helpful.
Worked and supported development environment with regression testing capabilities.
Provide support in a variety of areas to include Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Digital Signal Processors (DSP), Windows devices Drivers, Embedded SQL, Video Transcoding, Bandwidth Aggregation, and or OCR data processing.
Bachelor's Degree (BS) with 8+ years of relevant experience or Associate's Degree (AS) with 10+ years relevant experience or High School/GED with 13+ years relevant experience.
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