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Software Engineer 3 - (Python, Java, Streamlit)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 02-500-SWE3
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Description:

The Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements. These systems might include, but are not limited to, processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, business management information systems, and systems which incorporate data repositories, data transport services, and application and systems development and monitoring.

Works individually or as part of a team.

The Software Engineer shall be responsible for enhancing a UI prototype that was developed using Streamlit and build it into an interface with future plans to make the interface available external to the corporate enterprise.

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
• Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance.
• Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.

Position Required Skills:

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Software development using languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
• Experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
• Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
• Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
• Familiarization with queue management systems.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
• Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions.
• Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
• Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
• Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
• Software development using continuous integration practices.
• Experience with container technologies (ie. Docker).
• Unix shell scripting
• Development of event driven, or data driven analytics
• Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. Perform quality control on team products.
• Recommend and implement suggestions for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.
• Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools.
• Experience developing Bash scripts to automate manual processes.
• Recent software development experience using Python and Java.
• Familiar with Streamlit, a Python framework for building interactive web applications.
• Experience developing front-end applications using TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue.
• Familiar with Distributed Big Data processing engines including Apache Spark.
• Experience using Jupyter Notebook.
• Experience with data wrangling and preprocessing using tools such as pandas, NumPy.
• Experience working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data such as Parquet, JSON, CSV, XML.
• Familiarity with data quality concepts, data validation, and anomaly detection.
• Experience with Git Source Control System.

Position Desired Skills:

• Experience using Apache Airflow (DAG design, scheduling, operators, sensors) to orchestrate, schedule, and monitor complex workflows.
• Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL for querying, joining, and aggregating large datasets.
• Familiar with HPC Job Scheduling tools including Slurm.
• Experience using the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence).

SWE3 Qualifications:

Master's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Salary Range: **$218k-$266k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

www.akina-inc.com/careers