Job Title: Full Stack Software Engineer

Location: Arlington, Alexandria, the Pentagon, or Falls Church

Workplace: Hybrid (in office 2-3 days per week at choice of office in one of the four above locations)

Clearance Required: must have an active Top Secret (TS) clearance

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:

• Bachelor’s 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 DoD’s 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.