22 days ago
Woburn, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$180k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead software development from requirements definition through implementation, integration, testing, demonstration, deployment, and sustainment.
- Translate customer and mission objectives into requirements, architectures, development plans, milestones, performance measures, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead and mentor software engineers and collaborate with systems engineers, researchers, DevSecOps personnel, and mission partners.
- Decompose complex work, manage dependencies and technical risks, and track progress toward program objectives.
- Design and oversee architectures spanning services, APIs, data pipelines, databases, machine-learning integrations, user interfaces, and deployment infrastructure.
- Lead design reviews, code reviews, integration activities, testing, customer demonstrations, and release-readiness activities.
- Contribute technical content to proposals, customer engagements, and transition planning.
Requirements
- PhD with 2+ years, MS with 6+ years, or BS with 8+ years of relevant experience in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. government for clearance eligibility.
- Experience leading software development efforts or major workstreams involving applications, services, distributed systems, data platforms, or related domains.
- Experience translating customer needs into software requirements, designs, development plans, test plans, and integrated capabilities.
- Production-quality software development experience in one or more languages such as Python, C++, Java, or Go.
- Experience with Git, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, issue tracking, documentation, and secure software-development practices.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and collaborate with customers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Preferred experience includes active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance; distributed, data-intensive, real-time, cloud, on-premises, or edge architectures; DevSecOps; infrastructure automation; container orchestration; cloud platforms; monitoring; logging; security tooling; large codebases; decentralized systems; technical proposals and demonstrations; and LLM-enabled development tools such as Cursor or Codex.
Benefits
- Full-time role with locations near Boston, MA; Arlington, VA; Dayton, OH; Melbourne, FL; Carlsbad, CA; Atlanta, GA; and Denver, CO.
- Collaborative learning environment supporting deep technical understanding and recognizing team contributions.
- Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support.
About STR
STR develops cyber, electronic warfare, sensing, and AI/ML systems and analytics for U.S. defense and intelligence customers, delivering R&D services, prototypes, and fielded capabilities. The privately held, employee-owned company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, with sites near Boston, Arlington (VA), Dayton (OH), Melbourne (FL), and Carlsbad (CA). Work spans RF, sonar, radar, command-and-control, and ISR, including subsea sensors and signal processing.