SPA delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. The Veracity Forecasting Group (VFG) within SPA needs a Senior Software Engineer to lead software development teams building software tools that produce authoritative, data-driven analyses for clients, expanding capabilities of existing simulation and modeling tools, and developing novel prototypes.
Requirements
- Excellent programming and software engineering skills with 8+ years of professional experience
- in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, C/C++, Java, C-Sharp, JavaScript/Typescript, Rust
- Proficient with Git
- Object oriented programming, physics-based modeling, advanced statistics and mathematics, numerical optimization, machine learning, and Monte Carlo simulation
- React, FastAPI, Node.js, Numpy/Scipy, Polars, Matplotlib, Pytorch, Tensorflow
- Numerical Optimization toolsets and solvers e.g. Google OR Tools, Pyomo, CPLEX, Gurobi, Scipy Optimize
- Database design (SQL or other), and/or Linux and AWS or other cloud services
Responsibilities
- leading software development teams building software tools that produce authoritative, data-driven analyses for our clients
- developing novel prototypes
- expanding the capabilities of our existing simulation and modeling tools
- mentoring junior developers
- foster collaboration across teams
- actively contribute to business development efforts for providing innovative solutions that align with our strategic goals
- developing and implementing generative AI solutions, including natural language processing, image generation, or reinforcement learning algorithms to enhance model capabilities and decision-making processes
Other
- Sustained attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, a desire to work on and solve challenging problems, and an ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Interest in supporting business development for innovative efforts
- US Citizenship, and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
- Experience leading business development capture efforts and proposal development
- Department of Defense, Department of Navy, and/or United States Air Force experience
