Software Engineer – Python Application Development

Shape the future of innovation as we tackle cutting-edge projects that make a difference. We’re not just in the business of engineering—we’re building a brighter future. Driven by creativity and a culture of excellence, we believe in the power of engineering to solve today’s challenges and create opportunities for tomorrow. What we do matters.Quest Defense is seeking a Software Engineer to support the development of engineering software applications in a customer-facing environment. This role will be part of an existing customer software team that develops, enhances, and maintains engineering applications and tools.

This position primarily focuses on Python software development and writing original application code. The ideal candidate will have a solid software development foundation and strong Python skills. Deep front-end web development or database expertise is not required.

This is a hybrid position. The selected candidate will work both remotely and at the customer site, with increased onsite presence expected during the initial onboarding and integration period, anticipated to be approximately 2–4 weeks. Ongoing onsite presence will be based on project and customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications using Python

• Develop original application code to meet engineering and customer requirements

• Work within an existing customer software development team to implement new capabilities and enhancements

• Translate engineering and user requirements into functional software solutions

• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve software issues

• Participate in code reviews, testing, configuration management, and software release activities

• Follow established software development practices and customer processes

• Collaborate with engineers, software developers, and customer stakeholders

• Develop maintainable, documented, and reusable code

• Support application integration and testing as required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline

• Experience developing software applications using Python

• Understanding of software development principles and the software development lifecycle

• Experience writing, debugging, testing, and maintaining original application code

• Experience with source/version control tools such as Git