Senior Software Engineer - Defense Simulation at Applied


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Applied is Hiring

Job Info:
  • Company Applied
  • Position Senior Software Engineer - Defense Simulation
  • Location Fort Walton Beach
  • Source Empllo
  • Published August 07, 2026
  • Category Development
  • Type Full-Time
  • Experience Senior
  • Salary $140k - $180k


Job Description

📋 Description

  • Lead design and development of live, virtual, and constructive simulation
  • Document LVC architectures and create simulation scenarios
  • Write interface code and conduct code reviews
  • Mentor junior engineers and drive technical leadership
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and security compliance

🎯 Requirements

  • Master’s degree in modeling & simulation or CS/SE
  • Experience with DIS, HLA, DSEEP for LVC federations
  • Knowledge of DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, Redis, protobuf
  • Experience with AFSIM, NGTS, flight simulators
  • 3+ years C++ (2017+); Python 3.10+
  • Docker, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu); Git, VS Code, GitLab

🎁 Benefits

  • Equity benefits included
  • Base salary: $140K–$180K per year