Senior Remote Forensic Software Engineer

AnaVation; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance cost sharing

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Vision insurance

401k match

Competitive pay

Paid leave and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Life and AD&D Insurance

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build specialized software that powers federal cybercrime and digital‑evidence investigations. You will merge forensic tradecraft with advanced software engineering to create tools investigators rely on to uncover artifacts and validate evidence.

This role sits at the core of a technical engineering team, collaborating with forensic SMEs, crypto engineers, and developers to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of software development experience focused on digital forensics or investigative tooling.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Software Eng, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Experience developing enterprise-grade forensic applications meeting evidentiary requirements.
• Strong knowledge of OS internals, reverse engineering, binary analysis, and scripting/automation.
• Familiarity with forensic platforms such as EnCase, AXIOM, X-Ways, and Cellebrite.
• Clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Eligible for Secret clearance; DHS EOD suitability required.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced forensic applications supporting artifact extraction, file-system parsing, memory analysis, and mobile-device parsing.
• Engineer automation frameworks to enhance investigative efficiency and evidentiary processing.
• Perform reverse engineering and binary analysis to support forensic tool development.
• Ensure all tools meet evidentiary standards and validation requirements.
• Integrate forensic tooling into enterprise systems and investigative platforms.
• Produce technical documentation, design artifacts, and validation reports.
• Support investigators and forensic analysts with custom capability development.

Skills

Software development

Digital forensics

OS internals

Reverse engineering

Binary analysis

Scripting/Automation

Clear communication

Attention to detail

Secret clearance eligibility

Education

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

Master’s degree

Tools

EnCase

AXIOM

X-Ways

Cellebrite

IDA Pro

Ghidra

radare2

Job description

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build specialized software that powers federal cybercrime and digital‑evidence investigations. You will merge forensic tradecraft with advanced software engineering to create tools investigators rely on to uncover artifacts and validate evidence.

This role sits at the core of a technical engineering team, collaborating with forensic SMEs, crypto engineers, and developers to deliver mission-critical capabilities.