12 hours ago
Arlington, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$180k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate stakeholder requirements into deployable AI/ML system features and components.
- Develop user-facing features and robust backend architectures.
- Build, maintain, and test messaging systems, real-time data workflows, and distributed processing pipelines.
- Optimize data ingestion, transformation, and intelligent storage and retrieval pipelines.
- Improve distributed-system workflows and ensure reliability and performance in operational environments.
- Collaborate across programs and mature prototype solutions into operational capabilities.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python and the ability to produce clean, high-quality code.
- Familiarity with Git, testing at scale, CI/CD, and agentic coding best practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Physics, or a related scientific field, plus 8+ years of relevant experience; equivalent experience will be considered.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. government.
- Preferred experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, ZeroMQ, PyTorch, OpenCV, and FFmpeg.
- Preferred experience leading research initiatives, working in large distributed teams, and supporting U.S. Government software accreditation processes.
- An active security clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time, on-site work is required in Dayton, Ohio; Woburn, Massachusetts; or Arlington, Virginia, depending on candidate preference.
- Work supports nationally significant defense, intelligence, and national-security projects.
- Collaborative learning environment with opportunities for deep technical understanding and recognition of contributions.
- Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support.
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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.