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The Lead Software Engineer designs and implements software solutions, leads teams, mentors staff, and supports system integration for national security projects.
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About the Team:

STR’s Analytics and Command & Control (AC2) Division designs, develops and deploys novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems. Our team consists of passionate and motivated engineers and scientists with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation to improve mission success of our customers.

The Knowledge Exploitation & Trust Group in the AC2 Division develops algorithms and tools to enhance trust in AI systems.  Recent work includes a program aimed at providing ways to measuring the reliability and responsibility of autonomous systems, and a program bootstrapping language models with domain-specific simulations to accurately assess the feasibility of scientific claims.

The Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer at STR, you will support the design and implementation of flexible software solutions, collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams, and provide high-impact solutions for our customers’ most important problems.

You will initially support system integration and testing for a mature mission planning solution that is transitioning to an active user community. Subsequent projects will be driven by your interests – the research groups contributing to this work also develop advanced technology in graph-based reasoning, autonomous systems, trusted AI, Command & Control, and decision aids.

Our work involves projects of national significance, and the ability to work on-site in our Woburn, MA, or Arlington, VA locations (depending on candidate preference) will be required. 

Who You Are:

  • Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in computer science or other software development related field
  • 7+ years of relevant experience
  • Fluent in one or more modern languages (e.g. Java, Python, Scala, Go, Rust), including object-oriented programming principles.  Demonstrated experience writing maintainable, well documented code and APIs
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and mentoring junior staff
  • Specific demonstrated experience in Linux and container-based software (e.g., Docker).
  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by U.S government

Even Better:

  • Demonstrated experience with DevOps pipelines
  • Demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies 
  • Experience in intelligence or military-related mission areas
  • Active security clearance

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $157,000 - $224,000

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 [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.

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