Senior AI/Software Engineer (Mid-career, Secret clearance, hybrid)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of software products that implement Artificial Intelligence to provide discriminating capability to customers.
• Engage in requirements generation, system and software design, implementation, integration, and flight test.
• Develop proof of concepts, prototypes, demonstrators, and transition solutions to production.
• Leverage current computer science paradigms including object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and I/O to solve complex problems.
• Assume technical lead responsibilities and mentor junior engineers as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Experience with C++, Java, GO, Rust, or other compiled languages.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Docker/Podman, Git, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience with communication protocols like REST or gRPC.
• Experience with messaging protocols such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, or DDS.
• Secret Security Clearance.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Nice to Have

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development at unit and system levels.
• Experience with software orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Helm, Istio/Linkerd.
• Experience developing microservices and microservice architectures.
• Experience building and deploying software for defense mission systems.
• Experience with real-time embedded software engineering.
• Experience with hardware-accelerated computing (CUDA, Intel oneAPI, SYCL).
• Experience with model deployment libraries (NVIDIA TensorRT, Triton Inference Server, OnnxRuntime).
• Experience deploying AI systems in cloud and edge environments.
• Experience with high-performance computing.
• Experience interfacing with databases (SQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Experience leading engineers or small teams.
• Familiarity with transitioning prototype software to production.
• Top Secret // SCI Clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience with defense mission systems software development is preferred.
• Experience with real-time embedded software engineering is preferred.
• Experience with hardware-accelerated computing for CPUs and GPUs is preferred.
• Experience with model deployment software libraries is preferred.
• Experience deploying AI-enabled systems in multiple environments is preferred.
• Experience with databases such as SQL or MongoDB is preferred.
• Experience leading other engineers or small teams is preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date.
• Incentive plan eligibility.