Senior Application Developer

Nyla Technology Solutions•Colorado Springs, CO

About The Position

At Nyla, we are proud to deliver solutions that make a real impact! We’re seeking a dynamic, driven Application Developer to join our engineering team and build robust enterprise applications. In this role, you will apply your knowledge and experience to extract and convey actionable insights at NORAD and USNORTHCOM Office of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO). As the Senior Application Developer, you will design and deliver hardened data pipelines and analyses to inform ongoing operations and shape strategic roadmaps. You will serve as the cross-functional bridge between multiple engineering and client leadership teams, partnering closely with Nyla data scientists on the CAIO team to structure data science workflows and deliver high-consequence operational tools that solve critical mission challenges! If you love solving technical challenges, pushing boundaries, and delivering scalable code, we’d love to connect!

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Python or JavaScript writing clean, maintainable, and scalable application code.
Experience with entry-level to advanced Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Configuration-as-Code, and CI/CD pipeline operations.
Familiarity with developing APIs and integrating with API Gateways, developing REST services, containerizing applications and/or microservices using Docker or Kubernetes, and container security and hardening baselines (such as IronBank).
Hands-on experience with unit testing frameworks and Git-based code repositories (such as GitHub/GitLab).
4+ years of experience delivering data and AI solutions for DoW or IC customers
Master’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated history of delivering high-consequence mission-enabling tools and solving complex operational road blocks.
Implementing AI solutions that go beyond basic LLM chat interfaces, such as integrating custom machine learning models or augmenting existing models with new data.
Experience leading engineers on a technical delivery team, including requirements decomposition and ticket prioritization in a system such as Atlassian Jira

Responsibilities

Design and deliver hardened data pipelines and analyses to inform ongoing operations and shape strategic roadmaps.
Serve as the cross-functional bridge between multiple engineering and client leadership teams.
Partner closely with Nyla data scientists on the CAIO team to structure data science workflows and deliver high-consequence operational tools that solve critical mission challenges.