Senior Software Engineer

STR; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company specializing in national security is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Arlington, VA. The role involves operationalizing advanced statistical machine learning algorithms and supporting production-level systems. Candidates should have a Top Secret security clearance, strong skills in programming, and experience with AWS and SQL. Join a team dedicated to solving challenging national security problems using cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in one or more high level programming languages, like Python.
• Experience with AWS cloud services, SQL, and a variety of databases.
• Experience working with large datasets, building and optimizing pipelines and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to create and maintain software for data pipelines, algorithms, storage, and access.
• Build infrastructure for extraction, transformation, and loading using SQL and AWS technologies.
• Develop and execute plans to mitigate issues, maximize uptime, and ensure system performance.

Skills

Active Top Secret security clearance

Collaboration

Leadership

High-level programming languages (e.g., Python)

AWS cloud services

SQL

Data architecture development

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in a related field

Tools

AWS

SQL Databases

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

ElasticSearch

Job description

Overview

STR’s Intelligence Division researches and develops advanced analytics and machine learning-based solutions to solve challenging problems related to national security. Our team consists of engineers with advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science who tackle hard problems for government customers. Our projects span multiple data modalities and employ advanced algorithms, deep learning, and statistical techniques to uncover patterns in social media, text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data, often under constraints not typically found in the commercial world. The tools we develop have real world impact and US Government analysts use them to extract and enrich intelligence information globally.

The Role: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will leverage your skills in systems and software development to operationalize advanced statistical machine learning algorithms and support production-level systems. You will work with software engineers and researchers to design cutting‑edge solutions to challenging problems impacting national security, including classification, anomaly detection, forecasting, and more. You will also interact with customers to understand requirements and apply feedback. Positions are available in Woburn, MA and Arlington, VA. Due to the nature of our work, applicants should expect to primarily work onsite.

What you will do

• Collaborate to create and maintain software for data pipelines, algorithms, storage, and access
• Build infrastructure for extraction, transformation, and loading using SQL and AWS technologies
• Architect and implement capabilities for integrating technologies and orchestrating workflows
• Build analytic tools that utilize data pipelines to provide actionable insights into customer requests
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements
• Monitor data for changes that could significantly impact system performance
• Develop and execute plans to mitigate issues, maximize uptime, and ensure system performance

Who you are

• Active Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
• Motivated collaborator looking to work with a large and distributed team
• Ability to lead and direct development initiatives from inception to prototype and production
• BS, MS, or PhD in a related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in one or more high level programming languages, like Python
• Experience with AWS cloud services, SQL, and a variety of databases
• Experience working with large datasets, building and optimizing pipelines and architectures
• Experience in navigating and contributing to complex, large code bases

Even Better (you should have several of these, but all of them are not required)

• Possession of Security+ or other certifications
• Experience developing processes for data transformation and workload management
• Experience with development of REST APIs, access control, and auditing
• Experience with DevOps pipelines
• Experience using the following software/tools:
• Big Data tools: e.g. Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, ElasticSearch
• Data Lakes: e.g. Delta Lake, Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg
• Distributed Data Warehouse Frontends: e.g. Apache Hive, Presto
• Data pipeline and workflow management tools: e.g Luigi, Airflow
• Dashboard frontends: e.g. Grafana, Kibana
• Stream-processing systems: e.g. Storm, Spark-Streaming

About STR

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA; Arlington, VA; Dayton, OH; Melbourne, FL; and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in cyber, next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and AI analytics.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we strive to push the envelope of technology and make the world safer.

STR values its people, culture, and attitude, and we seek fellow trailblazers to join us. Visit us at www.str.us for more information.

Equal Opportunity STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Reasonable accommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [e-mail] and provide your contact info.

Security and legal Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy export control and related requirements.

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