Senior Software Engineer / Back-End Developer
About The Position
About the Team 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 passionate and motivated engineers with advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science, who are seeking opportunities to use their deep technical knowledge and creativity to tackle some of the hardest problems that our customers face. Our projects span multiple different data modalities and incorporate advanced algorithms, deep learning, and statistical techniques to uncover patterns in social media, structured and unstructured text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data, and must operate under challenging constraints not typically found in the commercial world. The tools and technologies we develop have real world impact and US Government analysts use them to extract and enrich intelligence information around the globe. The Role: As a Senior Software Engineer / Back-End Developer, you will join a cross-functional team tasked with implementing software solutions to challenging, high-impact problems. You will create infrastructure to process, store, and expose large and varied datasets that include imagery, structured and unstructured text, geospatial data, and more. You will work alongside algorithm developers and end users to deploy advanced analytic components on various compute platforms, including both on-prem and cloud environments. You will build, demonstrate, and transition systems to partner organizations. Positions are available in both Woburn, MA and Arlington, VA. Due to the nature of our work, applicants should expect to primarily work onsite.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance with Top Secret Eligibility, for which US citizenship is needed by the US government
- Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering or scientific field
- 5+ years of experience in developing, deploying, or maintaining enterprise software solutions
- Knowledge of Mobile Operating System (iOS/Android) and mobile based applications
- Expertise in object-oriented programming languages, Linux command line tools, and shell scripting
- Experience in designing/developing platform components, such as caching, messaging, event processing, automation, transformation, and tooling frameworks
- Strong problem solving, debugging, and analytical skills
Nice To Haves
- Active Top Secret, or TS/SCI security clearance
- Software team leadership experience, especially for distributed cross-functional teams
- Experience deploying ETL processes and/or machine learning models into production
- Proficiency with cloud platforms, such as AWS
- Programming skills in CUDA
- Familiarity with statistical and/or machine learning models
- Understanding of telecommunication networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
