Senior Platform Engineer - AI/Defense, Edge & Cloud

iO Associates; Herndon (VA); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

iO Associates is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a client in the AI and Defence sector. You will design and deploy core platform components for multimodal data fusion across cloud, on‑premises, edge, and air‑gapped environments.

You will help lead architectural decisions, ensure security and data integrity, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. A minimum of 7 years of production‑grade software experience and strong Python skills are required.

Formación

• Minimum 7 years of designing and delivering production-grade software systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python and handling multiple data modalities.
• Background in system architecture with focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration and deployment across varied infra.
• Experience with agent frameworks and AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude Code/Codex/Cursor).

Responsabilidades

• Lead the design, build, and operation of major platform components with the Chief Architect.
• Develop distributed systems to ingest, transform, and serve multimodal data.
• Contribute to agent frameworks and integrate architectures with new innovations.
• Define deployment strategies for cloud, on‑premises, edge, and air‑gapped contexts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to standardise complex data solutions.
• Ensure security, access control, and data integrity in partnership with security teams.
• Influence architectural decisions and engineering standards across the organisation.

Conocimientos

Python

Distributed systems

System architecture

Security practices

Cross-functional communication

AI/Agent frameworks

Cloud & edge deployment

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Descripción del empleo

iO Associates is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a client in the AI and Defence sector. You will design and deploy core platform components for multimodal data fusion across cloud, on‑premises, edge, and air‑gapped environments.

You will help lead architectural decisions, ensure security and data integrity, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. A minimum of 7 years of production‑grade software experience and strong Python skills are required.