Software Engineer (TS/SCI + Poly)
Apply NowCompany: The DarkStar Group, LLC
Location: Mc Lean, VA 22101
Description:
Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in McLean, VA. Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.
THE PROGRAM
The DarkStar Group is a member of 100% of the winning teams for the largest technology program in the Intel Community. We've been supporting this customer on many different sub-projects of this program since our founding in 2013. We've grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work, and we've retained our staff by paying very strong salaries, and working hard to ensure each Engineer is doing work that aligns with their career interest.
THE PROJECT
The Sponsor is seeking software development support to for a program comprised of data science, data engineering, and analysts. The Sponsor's cloud computing environment includes complex datasets from multiple mission applications.
THE ROLE
Required Skills
Desired Skills (Optional)
About The DarkStar Group
Our Company
The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you.
Our Benefits
The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:
** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in McLean, VA. Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.
THE PROGRAM
The DarkStar Group is a member of 100% of the winning teams for the largest technology program in the Intel Community. We've been supporting this customer on many different sub-projects of this program since our founding in 2013. We've grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work, and we've retained our staff by paying very strong salaries, and working hard to ensure each Engineer is doing work that aligns with their career interest.
THE PROJECT
The Sponsor is seeking software development support to for a program comprised of data science, data engineering, and analysts. The Sponsor's cloud computing environment includes complex datasets from multiple mission applications.
THE ROLE
- The Contractor shall support the design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of complex new software products and make enhancements to existing software.
- The Contractor shall apply software development methodology in an Agile environment.
- The Contractor shall troubleshoot support of complex problems and provides develop solutions for software systems and application issues.
- The Contractor shall collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, data engineers, analysts, and other technical team members.
- The Contractor shall provide recommendations for continuous improvement and innovation in an Agile environment.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated experience developing solutions with Python and SQL.
- Demonstrated experience with AWS Services and Cloud-based development.
- Demonstrated experience working in an Agile (Sprint or Kanban) development environment.
- Demonstrated experience developing complex software products.
- Demonstrated experience developing solutions for data science teams.
- Demonstrated experience developing code with Visual Studio Code or similar IDE.
Desired Skills (Optional)
- Demonstrated experience supporting Natural Language Processing (NLP) pipelines
- Demonstrated experience supporting information extraction or Named Entity Recognition (NER), to include using regular expressions or SpaCy.
- Demonstrated experience with XML parsing.
- Demonstrated experience with data labeling, with solutions such as Doccano, Skweak, or Snorkel.
- Demonstrated experience with data science document classification techniques.
- Demonstrated experience developing solutions with Elasticsearch.
About The DarkStar Group
Our Company
The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you.
Our Benefits
The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:
- very strong salaries;
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
- the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
- 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
- a generously-funded HSA;
- an 8% 401(k) contribution;
- 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
- the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
- a generous training budget;
- $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
- business development / growth incentives; and
- top notch company swag.
** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.