Software Developer
About the Team
STR’s Intelligence Division researches, develops, and transitions advanced analytics and machine-learning solutions for challenging national-security problems. Our team includes engineers and researchers with advanced backgrounds in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science who apply deep technical expertise and creativity to mission-critical challenges.
Our work spans data analysis, deep learning, and statistical methods across networking, communications, social media, text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data. We develop capabilities under constraints not typically encountered in commercial environments. U.S. Government analysts use our tools and technologies to extract, enrich, and act on intelligence information worldwide.
The Role
As a Software Engineer, you will develop, integrate, test, and maintain software that supports advanced analytics, machine learning, and intelligence workflows. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to transform defined requirements and technical designs into reliable, maintainable, and mission-relevant software capabilities.
You will contribute across the development lifecycle, including implementation, debugging, testing, documentation, integration, and operational support. This role provides opportunities to grow technical depth and independently own well-defined components within larger systems.
What You Will Do
Develop software: Implement, test, debug, and maintain software components, services, APIs, data-processing capabilities, tools, or user interfaces
Deliver assigned capabilities: Work from requirements and technical designs to complete well-scoped features, modules, integrations, and defect fixes
Support integration and test: Participate in unit, integration, system, and regression testing; troubleshoot issues and support demonstrations and releases
Apply engineering practices: Use version control, code review, automated testing, issue tracking, documentation, and secure coding practices
Collaborate across the team: Work with software engineers, systems engineers, researchers, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve technical issues
Improve existing systems: Identify opportunities to improve reliability, performance, maintainability, usability, and testability of existing software
Build technical depth: Learn team technologies, domain context, development workflows, and deployment environments while taking increasing ownership of assigned work
Who You Are:
Education and experience: MS or BS with 2 years of relevant experience in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Clearance eligibility: Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
Programming foundation: Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, C++, Java, Go, or similar languages
Software development experience: Experience developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software through coursework, internships, research, professional work, or personal projects
Engineering fundamentals: Familiarity with object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, software design patterns, and version control systems such as Git
Quality mindset: Familiarity with unit testing, debugging, documentation, code review, and secure software-development practices
Collaboration and communication: Ability to work effectively on a technical team and communicate progress, technical findings, and blockers clearly
Even Better
Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
Containers and deployment: Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud services, Kubernetes, or Linux deployment environments
Web and API development: Experience developing REST APIs, backend services, web applications, dashboards, or visualization tools
Mission experience: Experience supporting DoW, IC, or other U.S. Government customers through internships, research, employment, or related programs
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120,000-150,000
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.