Senior Software Engineer (Secret Clearance Eligible)

Striveworks • Austin, TX

12h • $160,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Striveworks builds AI systems for real-world use, providing assurance that monitors model performance, manages drift, and sustains systems after deployment. The Senior Software Engineer will be a core contributor to the company’s direction, building product-focused software with quality code in Go and Python. The work supports themes including Everything as Code, cloud-neutral development, user-centric design, hexagonal and event-driven microservices architecture, and optimizing, deploying, and refining AI models and algorithms.

The position may be performed fully remotely or in a hybrid/on-site arrangement at the company’s office in northwest Austin, Texas. Travel is expected approximately 10% of the time. The anticipated base salary is $160,000–$200,000 per year; total compensation includes equity grants and cash bonuses.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or similar experience.
• 6–8 years of hands-on development experience.
• Excellence in at least one of Go, C++ (17 or higher), Java (11 or higher), C# (9 or higher), or Rust.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with DevOps technologies, including CI/CD tools, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proven experience with cloud architecture, including commercial cloud or OpenStack.
• Experience designing and developing performant, scalable services.
• Familiarity with relational and non-relational database design and architecture.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and participate in or lead design discussions.
• Ability to independently lead the software development life cycle, from requirements collaboration with product teams through technical design, implementation, and deployment.
• Experience with knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching, such as onboarding, code reviews, or leading junior engineers.
• Strong understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, documentation, and agile methodologies.
• US citizenship, with eligibility and willingness to obtain a Secret US security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in synchronous or asynchronous programming and concurrency.
• Comfort integrating deep learning libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience designing RESTful, gRPC, and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Expertise in networked and distributed computing.
• Experience with messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with workflow automation.
• Active Secret or higher US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the direction of the company as a core engineering team member.
• Design, develop, and deploy performant, scalable services.
• Independently lead the software development life cycle, from collaborating with product teams on requirements through technical design, implementation, and deployment.
• Participate in or lead cross-functional design discussions.
• Share knowledge, mentor, and coach colleagues through activities such as onboarding, code reviews, and leading junior engineers.
• Contribute to software supporting cloud-neutral development, user-centric design, microservices architecture, and the optimization, deployment, and refinement of AI models and algorithms.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• HSA and FSA plans, including dependent care FSA.
• 401(k) plan.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.
• Equity grants and cash bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior