Software Engineer (TS/SCI Poly) - Cyber Defense Prototyping

Cornerstone Defense; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

401(k)

HSA and FSA options

Life and Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense is seeking a Software Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD to perform foundational research, development, and prototyping demonstrating real-world capabilities from emerging applied cyber concepts.

You will design hardware and software components, define interfaces, ensure security, performance, and user experience while following industry-standard development methodologies and test plans. A TS/SCI w/ Polygraph is required to apply.

Qualifications

• Seven plus years of SWE experience in similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required; four years additional SWE experience may substitute for degree.

Responsibilities

• Perform foundational research, development, and prototyping for emerging cyber concepts.
• Create hardware and software component design specifications.
• Test and document results per Government-approved test plan.

Skills

LLMs

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

CASPORT

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

MySQL

Node.js

npm

Express

multer

Rejit (Rejx - Python CLI library)

Job description

Cornerstone Defense is seeking a Software Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD to perform foundational research, development, and prototyping demonstrating real-world capabilities from emerging applied cyber concepts.

You will design hardware and software components, define interfaces, ensure security, performance, and user experience while following industry-standard development methodologies and test plans. A TS/SCI w/ Polygraph is required to apply.