Early-Career AI & Data Software Engineer

Jobs in JS; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FTI Defense is seeking an early career Software Developer to support the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, VA. This role welcomes recent graduates, master's students, or new graduates eager to apply Python, R, C#, Angular, and data-focused development to real-world Navy missions.

You will design, develop, test, and deploy software, build data pipelines, and collaborate with engineers and data scientists to operationalize AI models. U.S.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship and have an active Department of Defense Secret clearance or above.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field. Candidates currently pursuing a Master’s degree, as well as Master’s graduates and current PhD students, are also encouraged to apply.
• Hands on software development experience gained through a capstone, academic project, graduate research, internship, research assistantship, personal development project, or other substantive technical work.
• Experience developing software using Python, R, C#, Angular, or comparable programming languages and frameworks.
• Experience writing modular code, including functions, classes, or packages.
• Exposure to Git or another modern source control platform.
• Familiarity with software testing, debugging, data transformation, or software quality practices.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and collaborate with both technical and nontechnical team members.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software applications and solutions.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and support data transformation activities.
• Analyze code, identify the causes of errors, troubleshoot problems, and improve existing applications.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Work with Software Engineers, Data Scientists, and end users to prototype, refine, test, and deploy solutions.
• Help productionize analytical and AI models developed by Data Scientists and integrate them into operational applications and workflows.
• Write modular functions, classes, packages, and reusable software components.
• Use Git and modern source control practices to collaborate with other developers.
• Develop automated tests and quality checks that improve software reliability and maintainability.
• Support dashboard development, data visualization, recurring reporting, and other customer facing analytical products.
• Participate in technical discussions with customers and learn how operational requirements are translated into production software solutions.

Skills

Python

R

C#

Angular

Git

Data pipelines

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Pursuing Master’s degree or PhD students encouraged

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Qlik

Tableau

Git

Job description

FTI Defense is seeking an early career Software Developer to support the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, VA. This role welcomes recent graduates, master's students, or new graduates eager to apply Python, R, C#, Angular, and data-focused development to real-world Navy missions.

You will design, develop, test, and deploy software, build data pipelines, and collaborate with engineers and data scientists to operationalize AI models. U.S.