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Job Summary:
Mercer Engineering Research Center is seeking a Senior Computer Scientist to lead, design, and perform detailed software development activities. The role involves overseeing the entire software development process, from concept to deployment, while mentoring less experienced team members and ensuring adherence to coding standards.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as internal resource on structured programming techniques for software systems.
• Lead program design reviews with customer.
• Responsible from the initial concept to design, coding, and testing to meet specifications.
• Perform analysis of algorithms and requirements for computational resources and architecture required.
• Lead a team to develop software systems, including the design, implementation and deployment of device drivers, kernel enhancements, and other essential system-level software.
• Lead a team to perform analysis, design, software development, and maintenance tasks for highly complex systems.
• Coach less experienced computer scientists and ensure adherence to design and coding standards and practices.
• Mentor and lead less experienced team members.
• Lead the development, test, and integration of code for new or existing software of significant complexity involving multiple teams.
• Remain abreast of all applicable technical advancements.
• Apply and adapt theoretical principles to develop new computer software and/or hardware solutions.
• Develop approaches to solve analytical problems and document methodologies
Qualifications:
Required:
• US Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
• An undergraduate degree in computer science and 9 years of directly related experience; a Master’s degree in same and 8 years of directly related experience; or a Ph.D. degree in same and 3 years of directly related experience.
• 3 years of technical lead responsibility.
• Ability to obtain certification in accordance with DoD 8140 series requirements.
• Proficient using Python, Java, JavaScript, J-Query, C#, and Dot.NET frameworks including MVC, Web Forms, and/or Dot.NET core.
• Proficient in secure coding practices.
• Proficient in database design principles and Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Proficient in agile framework and software development life cycle.
• Proficient in the developing testing strategies for components and/or applications.
Preferred:
• Proficient in TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar libraries
• Experience building, fine tuning, and deploying advanced models (e.g., LLMs, computer vision, recommendation systems)
• Designing scalable AI pipelines, integrating data ingestion, model training, and production deployment
• Familiarity with CI/CD for models and model versioning
• Skilled in feature engineering, handling large datasets, and applying vector databases for semantic search
• Ability to interpret state of the art AI research and implement findings in production systems
• Understanding of model explainability, bias mitigation, and ethical AI practices
• Strong communication skills to work with cross functional teams and mentor junior engineers in AI practices
• Familiar with data manipulation, cleaning and analysis.
• Familiar with Oracle/SQL Server
• Knowledge of MLOps and tools like Docker and Kubernetes for productionizing models
• Familiar with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure for deploying, scaling and managing AI models
Company:
Mercer Engineering Research Center is a non-profit engineering and technology services provider company. Founded in 1987, the company is headquartered in Warner Robins, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.