Application Developer 2 - (Ghidra, Linux, AI/LLM)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 213,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k with 10% employer contribution

Healthcare fully covered

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina, Inc. in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a Software Engineer with a focus on reverse engineering and AI-assisted tooling. You will design and build tooling for RE workflows and explore autonomous agents to assist development.

The role requires hands-on experience with RE tools like Ghidra/IDA, low-level concepts, and scripting. Collaborative work with customers and teammates is essential, with a strong emphasis on measurable improvements and secure, scalable software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or CE with 6+ years of software/system development experience.
• Masters +4 years of SWE experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.
• Experience with RE tools and scripting to support analysis workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build tooling enhancements for RE workflows.
• Experiment with autonomous or semi-autonomous agents to support development.
• Automate common RE tasks, including analysis and documentation.
• Apply AI-assisted techniques to binary analysis, annotation, and pattern identification.
• Work directly with customers and teammates to shape and refine solutions.
• Measure and document the effectiveness of tooling improvements.

Skills

RE tooling

Low-level concepts

AI/LLMs curiosity

Tooling for RE workflows

Scripting/Programming (Python/C/C++)

Prototype/evaluate tooling

Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Master of Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Jira

Confluence

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 20-25-027-AD2
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

You will join a team breaking new ground in AI-assisted tools for reverse engineering and software development, exercising your skills as a Software Engineer with a solid foundation in Linux, software development, and familiarity with reverse engineering. You'll help evolve how reverse engineers work — combining binary analysis, disassembly, and workflow optimization with emerging AI techniques — and grow your AI/LLM expertise along the way.

• Design and build tooling enhancements for RE workflows.
• Experiment with autonomous or semi-autonomous agents to support development.
• Automate common RE tasks, including analysis and documentation.
• Apply AI-assisted techniques to binary analysis, annotation, and pattern identification.
• Work directly with customers and teammates to shape and refine solutions.
• Measure and document the effectiveness of tooling improvements.

Position Required Skills:

• Hands-on experience with RE tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.
• Strong understanding of low-level concepts: Linux file formats, assembly, binaries, memory, calling conventions.
• Curiosity about AI/LLMs and some hands-on dabbling — ready to deepen that skill set on the job.
• Experience developing tools, scripts, or plugins for analysis workflows.
• Proficiency in at least one RE-relevant scripting or programming language (e.g. Python, C/C++, etc.).
• Ability to prototype, evaluate, and refine experimental tooling.
• Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence).

Nice to Haves

• Reverse engineering Linux-based network devices or embedded systems.
• Reverse engineering network traffic and web applications.
• Familiarity with firmware analysis, bootloaders, and networking protocols.
• Some experience applying automation or AI to RE tasks.
• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks or orchestration systems.
• Experience with additional programming languages (Java, C).
• Analyzing cyber security-related data sets (network traffic, OS events).
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.

AD2 Qualifications:

Shall have a minimum of a Bachelor of Computer Science or Computer Engineering and a minimum of six (6) years of software/system development work experience or a Masters of Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a minimum of four (4) years of experience.

Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Salary Range: $213k-$260k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.