Senior/Staff Software Engineer
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Design, build, and maintain scalable, production-grade software across the full stack, contributing to both backend and frontend development. Architect complex systems with high ownership, guiding projects from initial design through deployment and iteration. Utilize modern JavaScript frameworks, particularly React and Node.js, to create responsive, data-rich application interfaces and services. Develop and manage backend services operating in Linux environments, deployed through AWS cloud infrastructure. Integrate AI and large language model (LLLM) capabilities into existing and new product features, enhancing overall platform functionality. Lead technical decision-making within your domain, mentor engineers, and elevate the codebase quality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate national-security workflows into intuitive, high-performance software solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- proven track record of delivering scalable production systems
- Deep proficiency in Linux environments
- strong command of system-level fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript
- Hands-on experience with React
- Hands-on experience with Node.js
- Significant experience designing and operating workloads on AWS
- Strong system design skills
- capable of architecting distributed, data-intensive applications
- articulating design trade-offs clearly
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with AI and the LLM ecosystem
- including working with foundation models
- prompt engineering
- Familiarity with building scalable data ingestion pipelines
- analytics platforms
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