Python Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)
Code Metal4 months ago
Remote, United States +2 moreSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Python backend services and APIs for mission- and campaign-level simulation orchestration.
- Build scenario-generation, operational planning, mission planning, Monte Carlo sensitivity-analysis, and campaign-evaluation workflows.
- Develop distributed, cloud-scale infrastructure spanning developer workstations, on-premises systems, and cloud compute while preserving reproducibility and model provenance.
- Build data ingestion, normalization, and analysis pipelines that turn simulation outputs into decision-ready insights.
- Develop REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs and Docker-based containerized services connecting Python tooling with simulation runtimes and analysis tools.
- Gather requirements from government stakeholders, domain experts, and analysts and translate them into software designs.
- Apply code review, testing, continuous integration, release management, and build-system practices.
Requirements
- Professional experience developing and delivering enterprise-scale software in Python to a large customer base.
- Experience gathering stakeholder requirements and translating them into software designs.
- Experience delivering robust software using code review, testing, continuous integration, release management, and build systems.
- Familiarity with machine learning tools and frameworks.
- Expertise building scalable REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application development.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- Preferred: familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, code analysis or static analysis, and cloud-based distributed systems using AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Preferred: active Secret, Top Secret, or SCI/SAP clearance and experience with AFSIM, HLA, DIS, OneSAF, JSAF, NGTS, STK, or comparable simulation environments.
- Preferred: experience supporting Air Force, Space Force, joint, or broader DoD acquisition and mission-analysis programs, or developing relevant defense-domain models.
Benefits
- Health care coverage with 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision.
- 401(k) with 5% matching.
- Uncapped vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
- Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement.
- Relocation assistance for qualifying employees.
- Pay depends on experience, with compensation intended to be toward the upper end of the salary range; the posting does not provide an explicit salary amount.