Senior Software Developer
Company: Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Arlington
Posted on: May 9, 2022
Job Description:
What We Do:
At the SEI AI Division, we conduct research in applied artificial
intelligence and the engineering questions related to the practical
design and implementation of AI technologies and systems. We
currently lead a community-wide movement to mature the discipline
of AI Engineering for Defense and National Security.
As our government customers adopt AI and machine learning to
provide leap-ahead mission capabilities, we
- build real-world, mission-scale AI capabilities through solving
practical engineering problems
- discover and define the processes, practices, and tools to
support operationalizing AI for robust, secure, scalable, and
human-centered mission capabilities
- prepare our customers to be ready for the unique challenges of
adopting, deploying, using, and maintaining AI
capabilities
- identify and investigate emerging AI and AI-adjacent
technologies that are rapidly transforming the technology
landscape
Are you creative, curious, energetic, collaborative,
technology-focused, and hard-working? Are you interested in making
a difference by bringing innovation to government organizations and
beyond? Apply to join our team.
Position Summary:
As a senior software developer on our team, you will lead projects
and/or teams of other developers, analysts, and researchers to
apply software research and leading-edge technologies to important
and challenging government problems and needs.
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science or related discipline with ten (10)
years of experience in hands-on software development; OR MS in the
same fields with eight (8) years of experience; OR PhD with five
(5) years of experience
- Flexible to travel to other SEI offices in Pittsburgh and
Washington, DC, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on
occasion. Moderate (25%) travel outside of your home
location.
- You will be subject to a background investigation and must be
eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security
clearance.
Desired Experience:
- Technical Leadership: You have experience building, leading,
managing, and participating on high-performing high-technology
teams for a variety of projects.
- Software Engineering Process: You have experience with a
variety of modern software engineering processes from across the
entire lifecycle. You understand how and when to use them and how
to tailor them for dynamic environments.
- Project Management: You have demonstrated your ability to
establish and maintain relationships with customers, develop
proposals, track work, manage risks, plan project staffing, and
maintain a budget.
- Systems Thinking: You have the ability to grasp the big picture
of systems and domains as well as strong reasoning skills and the
ability to balance complex sets of tradespaces.
- Technical Pragmatism: While holding the big picture in mind you
can predict the realities of how the project will manifest
technically and can make recommendations and decisions.
- Technical Teamwork: You have experience participating on
high-technology teams for a variety of projects, including
open-source development projects.
- Knowledge of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community:
You are familiar with DoD or Intelligence Community software
systems acquisition practices.
Duties:
- Build and demonstrate. You'll design and develop software
solutions that provide needed capabilities to the government,
building on state-of-the-art research in data analytics,
information architectures, machine learning, artificial
intelligence, software architectures, and human-machine
interaction. You'll support software development infrastructure and
assist in building and configuring computing systems and resources.
You'll build and demonstrate interactive prototypes.
- Test and evaluate. You'll conduct rapid software prototyping to
demonstrate and evaluate technologies in relevant environments.
You'll evaluate systems for performance and security. You'll test
software capabilities using novel testing and analysis
techniques.
- Collaborate. You'll actively participate on teams of
developers, researchers, designers, and technical leads. You'll
collaborate with researchers and our government customers to
understand challenges, needs, and possible solutions. You'll
contribute to improving the overall technical capabilities of the
Center by mentoring and teaching others, participating in design
(software and otherwise) sessions, and sharing insights and wisdom
across the SEI Emerging Technology Center team.
- Programming: You'll have the chance to work with modern
languages such as Java, Python, and C/C++; large-scale data
frameworks such as Tensorflow, Spark, Keras, and Hadoop; and web
frameworks like node.js and D3.js.
- Technical Experimentation. You'll experiment with emerging
technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, computer
vision, and deep learning.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Communication and Collaboration: You have strong written and
verbal communication skills and can interact collaboratively and
diplomatically with customers and colleagues. You grasp the big
picture, direction, and goals of an effort while focusing great
attention to detail. You can present complex ideas to people who
may not have a deep understanding of the subject area.
- Dedication: You can meet deadlines while
multi-tasking-sometimes under pressure and with shifting
priorities.
- Creativity and Innovation: You are creative and curious, and
you are inspired by the prospect of collaborating with premier
researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and other universities
and organizations. You quickly learn new procedures, techniques,
and approaches.
- Knowledge and Learning: You possess broad technical experience
and interest in computer science and applied technology such as
human-computer interaction, data analytics and machine learning,
advanced computing, and autonomy and adaptive systems.
CMU's COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements: As a condition of
employment, Carnegie Mellon University requires all staff and
faculty working in the United States to be fully vaccinated,
including a booster when eligible, against COVID-19. Prior to
commencement of employment, new hires in the United States must
provide proof of vaccination or obtain an approved exemption.
(Exemptions may be requested for medical reasons or for religious
or strong moral or ethical conviction.) Those granted an exemption
must comply with all applicable COVID-19 mitigation requirements,
including use of facial coverings, daily self-assessment and weekly
Tartan Testing.
Location
Arlington, VA, Pittsburgh, PA
Job Function
Software/Applications Development/Engineering
Position Type
Staff - Regular
Full Time/Part time
Full time
Pay Basis
Salary
More Information:
Please visit "Why Carnegie Mellon" to learn more about becoming
part of an institution inspiring innovations that change the
world.
Click here to view a listing of employee benefits
Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity
Employer/Disability/Veteran.
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