Associate Software Engineer

About the Team:

STR’s Analytics & Command & Control (AC2) Division develops novel solutions to the most challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our teams consist of motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to everyday use by our customers.

As part of the Knowledge Exploitation & Decisions Systems Group, you will work at the intersection of AI and human decision-making. Our portfolio is diverse and high-impact, including Command & Control (C2) via intuitive human-machine interfaces that help operators make the best possible decisions in high-pressure environments, Trusted AI & Autonomy via simulation platforms to test AI autonomy and evaluating the reliability and responsibility of autonomous systems, and Advanced Reasoning via graph-based reasoning and evolutionary algorithms for resilient workflow optimization, and enhancing language models to assess the feasibility of scientific claims.

The Role:

Work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, and deploy advanced algorithms and software systems. Assist other technical contributors throughout the software lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Work on a diverse set of applications, including decision aids for mission planning, information fusion for situational awareness, and novel visualizations to provide decision support to human analysts/planners. This position is based in one of our offices, but will take advantage of STR’s flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR’s facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.

Who You Are:

BS in Computer Science or related technical field

Demonstrated expertise in Python

Experience with data science and algorithm development

Experience with the following:

Object-oriented programming principles

AI-assisted software development and life cycle tools

Service oriented architectures or micro-service architectures

Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA

Test-driven development methodologies

A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies

Ability to obtain a Security Clearance, for which US citizenship is needed by the US government

Even Better:

MS in Computer Science or related technical field

Experience with any of the following:

Java or Scala

Front-end user interface design and development

LLM / vLLM orchestration and integration

Performance profiling and tuning

Distributed computing, e.g., Kafka event streams

Developing concurrent and asynchronous code

DevOps or CI/CD tools such as Gitlab

Active Security Clearance

Full-Time Salary Range: $110,000 to $120,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.