Lead Software Engineer / Back-End Developer

Full Timelead

Woburn, MAPosted Yesterday

Role Overview

Systemstechnologyresearch is hiring a Lead Software Engineer / Back-End Developer. This is a full-time role in Woburn. Part of Systemstechnologyresearch's Social Media hiring, posted yesterday. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

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 data analysis, deep learning, and statistical techniques across social media, text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data. We 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 Lead 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.

Who you are:

Active Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering or scientific field with 2-8+ relevant experience depending on the degree
5 years of experience in developing, deploying, or maintaining enterprise software solutions
Software team leadership experience, especially for distributed cross-functional teams
Strong problem solving, debugging, and analytical skills
Knowledge of Mobile Operating System (iOS/Android) and mobile based applications
Expertise in OOP languages, Linux command line tools, and shell scripting

Even Better

Active TS/SCI security clearance
Reverse engineering experience
Experience in designing/developing platform components: Kubernetes, containers, etc.
AWS tools proficiency including AWS security, Route 53, EC2 deployments, and other deployment tools
Experience deploying ETL processes and/or machine learning models into production
Familiarity with statistical and/or machine learning models
Programming skills in CUDA
Understanding of telecommunication networks

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $180,000 - $220,000

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.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

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, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.

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 appassist@str.us 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.

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