What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Stack Software Engineer (Hybrid) position at Elder Research?
Job Title: Full Stack Software Engineer
Location: Falls Church, Pentagon, Alexandria, or Arlington
Workplace: Hybrid (must be able to commute to one of the above offices 2-3 times per week)
Clearance Required: must have an active Top-Secret (TS) clearance (must be able to achieve a TS/SCI clearance with scope)
Position Overview:
Supports the Department of Defense's (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer's (CDAO) Mission Analytics / Core Analytics Products, Search Products Portfolio, and Unstructured Data Search Enhanced by AI/ML (UD/SEAM).
Major Duties/Tasks:
Designs and develops software requirements for multiple Artificial Intelligence based support
capabilities including the software architectures, APIs, frameworks, and libraries.
Develops front end and backend of software prototypes, components, and tooling that can
be leveraged to speed prototyping process.
Maintains and guides the development of common libraries and tools used by multiple
teams.
Maintains the existing code base of in-production applications, performing bug fixes, updates
of code and component libraries to meet security and performance needs as required, and
capability enhancements as planned in the sprint schedule.
Works closely with clients and requirements owners to build out product lines.
Develops plans, road maps, software design strategies. Analyze and decomposes activities
and requirements to software designs that are allocated across systems components/sub-
components.
Aids in formulating a strategy on how to achieve rapid prototyping of AI capabilities,
including Generative AI.
Works with data scientists, UX designers, cognitive scientists, developers, and testers to
compose cohesive and sound software designs that form the basis of scalable AI solutions.
Documents requirements and specifications and reviews documentation provided by other
teams and vendors.
Optimizes software designs and architectures to deliver desired performance targets and
devises tooling and methodologies to profile execution and capture performance metrics.
Stays informed on latest AI system and software architectures and trends from design
patterns to DevSecOps and systems architecture patterns.
Captures, develops, and reports reference architectures and documenting compliance
standards
Requirements:
Required Education:
Bachelors degree plus 5-10 years experience, or a Masters Degree plus 3-5 years of
experience.
Required Skills/Experience:
Programming experience with Python, JavaScript, and at least one more programming
language (Java is preferred).
Experience with front end frameworks like React or Vue. Experience with backend runtimes
and frameworks like Node.js, Spring, Spring Boot, Django, Flask, etc.
Experience with Agile software development methodologies, tools, and providing leadership
to other developers operating within an Agile framework.
DevSecOps experience including the use of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
(CI/CD) Tooling (Git runners, code scanning tools)
Experience with containerization and use of Kubernetes.
Familiarity with Object Relational Modeling persistence frameworks (e.g. SQLAlchemy), and
with PostgreSQL.
Well versed in modern software architectures like micro-services as well as front-end
frameworks.
Strong communications skills: you will be required to proactively engage fellow CDAO
members both inside and outside of your team.
Ability to synthesize requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative
technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive
timelines.
Experience with multi-intelligence and multi-domain systems and understanding
of current object and activity-based models in the community.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
An active TS/SCI clearance
DoDD 8140 IAT Level III is preferred.
Experience with:
the DoDs CDAO, Advana, or other CDAO products
Agile methodology
AI-enhanced search
AI/ML for information retrieval and insight extraction
About Elder Research, Inc
People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.
Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.
Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.
Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.
