Senior Software Engineer - Decision Systems

The Role:

Work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems. Provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Work on a diverse set of applications, including software for distributed mission planning for both manned and unmanned platforms and novel data visualizations to provide decision support to human analysts/planners.

Who You Are:

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 5+ years’ experience
• Demonstrated expertise in Java or Python
• Experience utilizing the following:
  • Micro-service architectures
  • Object-Oriented Programming principles
  • Containerization/orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA and Sonarqube
  • Test-driven development methodologies
• A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies

• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Security Clearance

Even Better:

• MS in Computer Science or related technical field
• Experience with any/all of the following:
  • DevOps or CI/CD tools such as Gitlab
  • Distributed computing with Kafka event streams
  • Provisioning and maintenance of AWS resources
  • Integration of complex software systems
  • Constraint optimization algorithms
  • Knowledge representation/ontologies
• Active Security Clearance

STR is a rapidly growing technology company with locations north of Boston, MA, Arlington, VA and near Dayton, OH. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security, trying to understand how to protect our society: from stopping malicious botnet attacks, to understanding cyber vulnerabilities, providing next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare to developing artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us. Visit us at www.str.us for more info.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, but you go home at night knowing that you pushed the forefront of technology and made the world a little safer. We recognize that the world is changing, that it is becoming more connected than ever before, making things change faster than before, and reshaping society in the process. We all want to understand this changing world and leave it better for our work.

STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.

Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.