# Senior Software Engineer

Skyward is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to support CMS modernization by building scalable, AI-enabled enterprise systems that reduce manual effort, improve data accuracy, and enhance transparency. The role leads full-stack and backend engineering, develops APIs and microservices, and partners with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable, human-centered solutions. Responsibilities Serve as a senior engineer supporting CMS’s modernization efforts — reducing manual effort, improving data accuracy, and enhancing transparency through scalable, AI-enabled enterprise systems Design, build, and scale full-stack applications using modern backend frameworks (Python/FastAPI or similar) and dynamic frontend technologies (React or comparable frameworks) Architect and implement RESTful APIs and microservices that power intelligent features leveraging NLP and large language models (LLMs) Collaborate closely with Human-Centered Design (HCD) experts to deliver intuitive, responsive, and accessible user experiences that truly serve real people Lead backend development efforts focused on performance optimization, observability, reliability, and clean architecture patterns Build and e

- **Id**: 4322999
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/skyward-it-solutions-senior-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T19:52:20Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T19:52:20Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4858
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Professional development, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Government

## Company

- **Id**: 684857
- **Name**: Skyward IT Solutions
- **Domain**: skywarditsolutions.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/skywarditsolutions>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Clean Architecture** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **Flask** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **NLP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T21:20:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T22:37:56Z

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