Rust Software Engineer
Company Name
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Reston, VA
Basic
Posted 3 days ago
About Metron
Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.
Our Reston team is seeking a mid-level Rust Developer to build and optimize production software supporting simulation, optimization, and decision support in mission-focused environments. This role is for someone who can work in a large Rust codebase, collaborate closely with researchers and engineers to translate complex algorithms and technical concepts into performant, reliable software, and integrate those capabilities with backend services, databases, frontend applications, and supporting infrastructure. The strongest candidates will bring experience developing production-grade, performance-sensitive software in Rust, strong software engineering fundamentals, and the technical judgment to optimize computationally intensive code while helping move research-driven capabilities into maintainable operational systems.
Key Responsibilities
Work in a large production codebase in Rust
Optimize algorithmic Rust code
Support Infrastructure and connections with frontend, database, and other services
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, applied math, or related field
At least 3 years of industry experience
Experience in writing production-grade performance-sensitive software in Rust
Experience building backend services with tools like Axum
Experience with async code with tools such as Tokio
Ability to work effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate technical concepts into usable software
Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Ability to obtain an Interim Security Clearance
Desired Qualifications
Active Security Clearance
Experience with Java, Python, and Typescript/React
Experience writing optimized parallel code and GPU code
Position Location: Reston, VA
*The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office 5 days a week
Perks and Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Accompanying FSA and HSA options
Additional Voluntary Benefits
Paid Time Off
9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Relocation Assistance
Professional Development Reimbursement
Annual Salary Reviews
Profit Sharing
401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Company Name
**
Reston, VA
Basic
Posted 3 days ago
About Metron
Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.
Our Reston team is seeking a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer to help build, deploy, and operate the systems that support mission-focused software in production. This role is for someone who can improve how software moves from development into operational environments, while ensuring those environments remain reliable, observable, and maintainable. A successful candidate will work across containerized deployments, release automation, production monitoring, incident response, and integrations with external systems. The strongest candidates will bring hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker, solid software development fundamentals, and the ability to deliver reliable platform solutions in secure, operationally constrained environments.
Key Responsibilities
Build release pipelines to deploy code both on-premises and on deployed systems
Incident Response to ensure high uptime of deployed software
Facilitate integrations with other systems
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, applied math, or related field
At least 3 years of industry experience
Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
Experience in Helm, Kubernetes, and Docker
Proven experience and understanding of software deployment lifecycles on both cloud platforms and local on-premises hardware
Software Development experience in Java, Rust or Typescript/React
Ability to work effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate technical concepts into usable software
Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Desired Qualifications
Experience using ADO, Gitlab, ArgoCD or similar CI/CD tools
Experience with Keycloak or similar authentication systems
Experience with logging tools such as Grafana, Loki, and Alloy
Incident Response
Experience facilitating integrations with other systems
Position Location: Reston, VA
*The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office 5 days a week
Perks and Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Accompanying FSA and HSA options
Additional Voluntary Benefits
Paid Time Off
9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Relocation Assistance
Professional Development Reimbursement
Annual Salary Reviews
Profit Sharing
401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Company Name
**
Reston, VA
Basic
Posted 3 days ago
About Metron
Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.
Our Reston team is seeking a mid-level Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to help build and mature the testing infrastructure supporting production software for simulation, optimization, and decision support in mission-focused environments. This role is for someone who can develop robust test harnesses, mocking infrastructure, and automated and manual testing strategies. A successful candidate will also help integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and improve software quality and reliability across Java, Rust, and TypeScript-based applications. The strongest candidates will bring solid software development fundamentals, hands-on experience with software testing and test infrastructure, and the technical judgment to build scalable, maintainable testing practices across a growing production codebase.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, applied math, or related field
At least 3 years of industry experience
Experience building test infrastructure including mocking and CI/CD pipelines
Experience in software testing and test harness development
Experience designing automated and manual testing
Software Development experience in Java, Rust or Typescript/React
Ability to work effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate technical concepts into usable software
Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Desired Qualifications
Active DoD Security Clearance
Experience using ADO, Gitlab or similar CI/CD tools
Position Location: Reston, VA
*The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office
Perks and Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Accompanying FSA and HSA options
Additional Voluntary Benefits
Paid Time Off
9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Relocation Assistance
Professional Development Reimbursement
Annual Salary Reviews
Profit Sharing
401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Associate Software Engineer
Company Name
**
Reston, VA
Basic
Posted 5 days ago
About Metron
Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem-solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real-world settings.
We are seeking talented programmers with strong computer science, math, and/or physics backgrounds for complex and challenging projects. As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for writing backend infrastructure and frontend web applications for simulation and optimization software that incorporates probabilistic models of physical systems. Project teams range from 2 to 20 people and include a mix of Research Scientists and Software Engineers. Each team member is involved in the entire problem-solving process, from initial concept through data visualization and analysis, algorithm design, exploratory prototyping, software implementation, demonstration, and deployment. Roles within a team are flexible, giving employees space to contribute to their areas of strength, and to develop new skills. The ideal candidate has experience writing well-designed, maintainable, and extensible code.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Math, or related field
Java, TypeScript, Python or C++ programming experience
Proficiency in object-oriented programming
Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
Ability to communicate design concepts and performance metrics clearly
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; Successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Desired Qualifications
Experience with MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Spring Boot, React, Redux, WebGL and/or OpenGL
Experience writing algorithmic code, including complexity analysis, performance optimization, and multithreading
Math background including Probability/Statistics, Linear Algebra, Multivariate Calculus
Experience designing and implementing user interfaces
Position Location: Reston, VA
*The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office however we are flexible with our relocation timelines.
** Expected Start dates for this role are Spring 2027 and later
Perks and Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Accompanying FSA and HSA options
Additional Voluntary Benefits
Paid Time Off
9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Relocation Assistance
Professional Development Reimbursement
Annual Salary Reviews
Profit Sharing
401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Military Leave
Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor