Senior Software Engineer for Distributed Systems & AI

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC; Georgetown (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Maryland to design and build scalable, secure systems for national security missions. You will work on distributed architectures, ML-assisted analytics, and containerized microservices in a fast-paced, DevSecOps environment.

The role requires 6+ years of C++ production experience, Linux expertise, and a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. On-site at National Business Park, MD, with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field.
• At least 6 years of experience writing production-grade C++ code.
• 5+ years in software development, designing and building scalable systems.
• Proficiency in Linux-based development environments, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems and containerized apps (Kubernetes/Podman/Docker).
• Knowledge of DevSecOps tools and workflows including CI/CD and version control like Git.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software for distributed systems with scalability and performance optimization in mind.
• Integrate machine learning models and AI-driven analytics to augment signal processing and network intelligence.
• Build and optimize containerized applications and microservices architectures.
• Develop solutions for event-driven systems and large-scale data workflows (e.g., Kafka, gRPC).
• Collaborate across teams to incorporate data-driven insights into new and existing systems.
• Prototype new concepts and iterate to improve automation, efficiency and performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM fields

Tools

Kubernetes

Podman

Docker

CI/CD

Git

Job description

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Maryland to design and build scalable, secure systems for national security missions. You will work on distributed architectures, ML-assisted analytics, and containerized microservices in a fast-paced, DevSecOps environment.

The role requires 6+ years of C++ production experience, Linux expertise, and a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. On-site at National Business Park, MD, with competitive compensation and benefits.