Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Intern to join their mission-focused engineering team. In this role, you will build and enhance software prototypes, APIs, and microservices while collaborating with industry leaders in AI, data analytics, and machine learning.
Responsibilities
Build and enhance software prototypes, APIs, and microservices that support data analytics, machine learning, and user-facing applications
Contribute across the stack: user interfaces and back-end services
Write clean, maintainable code with tests; troubleshoot and fix issues
Participate in design sessions, code reviews, and agile ceremonies
Research and evaluate new technologies; present findings and recommendations
Collaborate with software/system engineers and research/data scientists in areas like multi-modal information retrieval, UI engineering, metrics, computer vision, and autonomous systems
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, or a closely related field
Experience in at least one of: Python, Java, or C++
Must be U.S. Citizen eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
Preferred
Hands-on experience building prototypes or applications (class, club, hackathon, research, or personal projects)
Exposure to data engineering or analytics: data cleansing, transformation, feature engineering, or exploratory analysis
Familiarity with one or more of the following: Tools: Git/GitHub, VS Code or similar IDEs, Jupyter Notebooks
Backend: REST APIs, microservices, SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), containerization (Docker), basic Linux
Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript, React or similar
Data/ML: NumPy/Pandas, scikit-learn; plus for PyTorch or TensorFlow
Cloud and CI/CD: AWS/Azure basics, build pipelines
Interest in secure software development practices
Familiarity with Rust
Ability to obtain /maintain DoD Top Secret security clearance with polygraph
Benefits
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
