backend software engineer

OpenAI

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 The Support Automation team at OpenAI scales the organization by applying cutting-edge AI models to real-world challenges, automating and enhancing work across the organization. From customer operations to engineering, we develop an ecosystem of automation products that empower our colleagues and drive impact. We're passionate about crafting products that serve those around us, blending rapid prototyping with a focus on long-term quality and reliability. By creating reusable solutions, we create patterns that can be applied across diverse domains within OpenAI.
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 TLDR: this team leverages OpenAI technology to improve OpenAI, and you&rsquo;ll have the opportunity to leverage the full extent of our tech (both public and pre-released) to accomplish this mission.
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 with experience working in ML/LLM-heavy domains to help to design and build an evals infrastructure that measures the quality of OpenAI&rsquo;s support automation. This is a deeply technical and highly cross-functional role where you&rsquo;ll build robust systems and backend services that serve as the foundation for how knowledge is created, accessed, and applied across OpenAI. The role will especially focus on working closely with Data Science and Research partners to design and build evals at scale.
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   Design eval pipelines that are reliable, reproducible, and extendable
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   Build the infrastructure for continuous eval monitoring frameworks (regression/drift monitoring, building robust golden datasets) along with feedback loops that ultimately strengthen support automation
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   Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs to support intelligent automation and knowledge systems
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   Integrate and structure data across internal platforms, transforming it into formats optimized for use by downstream systems and AI workflows.
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   Collaborate closely with data, research, and engineering teams to integrate OpenAI models into high-leverage workflows
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   Own the full development lifecycle of new backend systems and internal platform capabilities
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   Build with scale and maintainability in mind, while rapidly iterating on new ideas
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   4+ years of backend engineering experience at product-driven companies (excluding internships)
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   Proficiency in backend technologies. Our tech stack includes Python, FastAPI, and Postgres
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   Experience designing and scaling distributed systems, APIs, or data processing pipelines
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   Have experience building AI agents or applications, including designing evals and improving performance through prompting or scaffolding
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   Are familiar with evaluation methods for LLMs and have worked with patterns like multi-agent workflows, tool use, or long context.
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   Experience creating production evals and/or measuring performance of ML/LLM models at scale
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   A pragmatic mindset. You&rsquo;re comfortable shipping iteratively while building toward a long-term vision
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  About OpenAI
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 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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Backend Software Engineer (Evals)

Freehand

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About Freehand</b></h2><p>
Most AI companies are building tools. We're building the worker.</p><p>
Freehand's AI agents replace the human decision-making and coordination layer that sits above enterprise software &mdash; handling the analysis, negotiation, prioritization, and execution that previously required armies of logisticians / supply chain professionals.</p><p>
Our customers include Apple, Meta, GE, Pfizer, J&amp;J, Schlumberger, Cardinal Health, and Unilever. They chose us because we have a fundamentally different answer to what enterprise software looks like when AI can do the job.</p><p>
If you want to work on something that matters, with people who will push you to be sharper than you thought you could be, this is the place.</p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b><br>
The Role &amp; The Team</b></h2><p>
As a Backend Engineer at Freehand, you will build the distributed systems, APIs, and AI agent infrastructure that power AI-driven enterprise execution. You will design and scale backend services that orchestrate agents, enforce business rules, integrate deeply with ERPs and financial systems, and ensure that every action taken by AI is secure, traceable, and reliable.</p><p>
This is not CRUD SaaS work. You will be building the backend for autonomous systems handling real money and real risk&mdash;and the observability and testing infrastructure to keep those systems trustworthy at scale.</p><p></p><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What You'll Do</b></h3><ul><li>High-throughput, low-latency backend services that power AI agent execution</li><li>Workflow orchestration systems for complex, multi-step enterprise processes</li><li>Rule engines and policy enforcement layers for enterprise compliance</li><li>APIs and integrations with ERPs, procurement tools, payment rails, and data providers</li><li>Observability, audit, and traceability systems for AI-driven decisions</li><li>Secure data pipelines handling sensitive financial and operational data</li><li>Agent execution runtimes, multi-agent coordination, and observability pipelines for AI-driven workflows</li><li>Evaluation and testing harnesses to validate agent behaviour, reliability, and output quality</li></ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Key Responsibilities</b></h2><p><b><br>
Backend &amp; Systems Engineering</b></p><ul><li>Design and build scalable backend services using modern system design principles</li><li>Own critical services that manage procurement, invoice, contract, and payment workflows</li><li>Implement orchestration logic that coordinates AI agents, humans, and enterprise systems</li><li>Build resilient systems with strong guarantees around idempotency, retries, and failure handling</li></ul><p><b><br>
API &amp; Integration Development</b></p><ul><li>Build and maintain robust APIs consumed by AI services, frontend apps, and external systems</li><li>Integrate deeply with ERP systems, procurement platforms, and payment gateways and financial rails</li><li>Handle complex data normalisation and transformation across enterprise systems</li></ul><p><b><br>
AI Agent Building, Observability &amp; Testing</b></p><ul><li>Build agent execution runtimes: tool calling, context management, memory, and multi-step reasoning loops</li><li>Implement multi-agent coordination&mdash;parallel and sequential workflows with human-in-the-loop escalation</li><li>Instrument agent execution with full trace capture: tool calls, LLM I/O, latency, token usage, and cost</li><li>Design evaluation frameworks for agent output quality, task success rate, and regression detection</li><li>Build automated test harnesses for agent pipelines&mdash;unit, integration, and replay-based regression tests</li><li>Define and track agent reliability metrics: task completion rate, escalation rate, cost per workflow, and SLA adherence</li></ul><p><b><br>
Reliability, Security &amp; Compliance</b></p><ul><li>Design systems with enterprise-grade reliability, monitoring, and alerting</li><li>Implement fine-grained access controls, audit logs, and data security best practices</li><li>Ensure backend systems meet compliance requirements for financial and regulated data</li></ul><p>
Performance &amp; Scale</p><ul><li>Optimize backend systems for latency, throughput, and cost efficiency</li><li>Design services that scale across global customers and billions of transactions</li><li>Proactively identify and fix bottlenecks in distributed systems</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b><br>
Required Skills &amp; Experience</b></h2><p><b><br>
Core Backend Skills</b></p><ul><li>Strong experience building production backend systems</li><li>Strong proficiency in Python, NodeJS, Go, or similar backend languages</li><li>Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs and microservices, databases (SQL and NoSQL), and message queues / event-driven architectures</li></ul><p>
System Design</p><ul><li>Proven experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems</li><li>Strong grasp of consistency, concurrency, and data integrity trade-offs</li><li>Experience building workflow engines or state-driven systems is a plus</li></ul><p><b><br>
Enterprise &amp; Data Context</b></p><ul><li>Experience working with financial systems, enterprise SaaS platforms, or sensitive/regulated data</li><li>Comfort operating in environments where backend failures have a real business impact</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b><br>
Bonus (Nice to Have)</b></h2><ul><li>Experience with multi-agent orchestration and agent-to-agent communication protocols</li><li>Familiarity with event sourcing, rule engines, or policy systems</li><li>Knowledge of production debugging at scale and observability tooling</li><li>Contributions to or experience with open-source LLM tooling ecosystems</li><li>Experience with agent observability tooling (LangSmith, Arize, Helicone, or custom trace pipelines) and eval design</li><li>Experience building LLM-powered systems in production; familiarity with agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, or custom)</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b><br>
Working at Freehand</b></h2><p>
Series C, ~100 people across the US and India. Big enough to have infrastructure, small enough that your work is visible. We run on five core operating principles; these are not values-on-a-wall, this is the exact philosophy we built our AI agents on :</p><ul><li><p><b>
Context Before Confidence.</b> We get in, ask (a ton of) questions, connect the dots ourselves and move fast. No passengers, no hand-holding. The amount of confidence you'll have in Week 1 is directly proportional to the context strive to gain.</p></li><li><p><b>
Decisions, not Recommendations.</b> Freehand folks decide, they don't present options. You'll have real autonomy, and real accountability to match.</p></li><li><p><b>
High Agency, High Trust.</b> We won't manage you closely or ask you to escalate every call. Act, share your reasoning, and course-correct when needed. That's the contract.</p></li><li><p><b>
Accountability is the Product.</b> When something goes wrong &mdash; and it will &mdash; we name it, learn from it, and move on. No politics, no cover. Just fix it.</p></li><li><p><b>
The Work That Remains is the Work That Matters.</b> We actively cut low-value work. What lands on your plate is there because it matters &mdash; and can only be done by you.</p></li></ul><p>
It's a small world. Freehand employees <b>Work Anywhere</b> across US &amp; India (we're remote &amp; travel-first). As and when required, for this role, we will also arrange for a fully-paid trip to our HQ in Chennai to meet &amp; interact with cross-functional teams.</p><p>
In addition, we proudly offer the following <b>Benefits</b> to all our full-time employees:</p><ul><li><p>
Full Health coverage (accidental, life, vision, dental &amp; health consultations)</p></li><li><p>
Monthly home-internet costs</p></li><li><p>
Flexible working hours</p></li><li><p>
Complimentary food &amp; snacks at the Chennai HQ</p></li></ul><p><b>
Equal Opportunity</b></p><p>
Freehand hires on merit &mdash; your thinking, your track record, your potential &mdash; without regard to race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic. If you meet most of the criteria above but not all of it, apply anyway. We care more about your willingness to learn &amp; take initiative than whether your resume maps perfectly to every line.</p></div><div></div>

Backend Engineer India/US

Nexus Analytica

<h3>Lead Backend Developer (Python/Django)</h3><p><strong>Location:</strong> Cairo/Giza, Egypt (Full-time On-site)<br /><strong>Experience:</strong> 7+ years of professional software development experience<br /><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Full-time</p><h2> </h2><h2>About Nexus Analytica</h2><p>Nexus Analytica is a technology company specializing in digital transformation for the energy sector. We develop advanced software platforms that combine data analytics, artificial intelligence, and modern software engineering to help utilities, renewable energy developers, and governments manage increasingly complex energy systems.</p><p>Our flagship platform, <strong>NexusGRID™</strong>, integrates data from renewable energy plants, battery energy storage systems (BESS), smart meters, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and other grid-connected assets to provide real-time monitoring, forecasting, analytics, and intelligent operational decision support.</p><h2> </h2><h2>About the Role</h2><p>We are looking for an experienced <strong>Senior/Lead Backend Developer</strong> to lead the design, development, and evolution of the backend architecture powering NexusGRID. You will play a key role in building highly scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services capable of processing millions of telemetry records from energy assets while maintaining exceptional reliability and performance.</p><p>You will work closely with frontend developers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, QA engineers, and product stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade software used by utilities and energy companies worldwide.</p><p>This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, mentoring developers, and shaping the technical direction of a growing software platform.</p><h2> </h2><h2>Key Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of backend services.</li><li>Design scalable REST APIs and backend microservices.</li><li>Build reliable, secure, and high-performance distributed systems.</li><li>Develop and maintain enterprise-grade Django applications.</li><li>Optimize database performance and data models.</li><li>Design asynchronous processing pipelines using Celery or equivalent technologies.</li><li>Implement event-driven architectures where appropriate.</li><li>Ensure code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Collaborate with DevOps engineers to improve deployment and infrastructure automation.</li><li>Work closely with frontend teams to define API contracts.</li><li>Collaborate with data scientists to productionize machine learning and forecasting models.</li><li>Mentor junior and mid-level developers through technical guidance and code reviews.</li><li>Participate in architectural decisions and technology selection.</li><li>Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis.</li><li>Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and development best practices.</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>Required Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.</li><li><strong>7+ years of professional backend software development experience.</strong></li><li>Extensive experience with <strong>Python</strong>.</li><li>Strong professional experience with <strong>Django</strong>, or equivalent enterprise backend frameworks (such as FastAPI, Flask, Spring Boot, ASP.NET Core, or Node.js/NestJS), with the ability to quickly adapt to Django if not already proficient.</li><li>Strong experience designing RESTful APIs.</li><li>Deep understanding of object-oriented programming and software design principles.</li><li>Strong knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.</li><li>Experience with ORM technologies.</li><li>Experience building scalable backend architectures.</li><li>Strong understanding of authentication and authorization (JWT, OAuth2, OpenID Connect).</li><li>Experience working with Docker.</li><li>Experience using Git in collaborative development environments.</li><li>Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2><p>Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:</p><ul><li>Django REST Framework</li><li>Celery</li><li>Redis</li><li>RabbitMQ or Kafka</li><li>WebSockets</li><li>GraphQL</li><li>Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform</li><li>Kubernetes</li><li>Elasticsearch / OpenSearch</li><li>TimescaleDB</li><li>Prometheus &amp; Grafana</li><li>Nginx</li><li>Linux server administration</li><li>Distributed systems</li><li>Event-driven architectures</li><li>High-volume data processing</li><li>IoT platforms</li><li>Time-series databases</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>Nice to Have</h2><ul><li>Experience developing enterprise SaaS products.</li><li>Experience in the energy, utilities, IoT, or smart grid sectors.</li><li>Experience working with telemetry or real-time data systems.</li><li>Familiarity with protocols such as MQTT or DLMS/COSEM.</li><li>Experience integrating third-party APIs and industrial systems.</li><li>Exposure to AI or machine learning deployment workflows.</li><li>Experience leading agile software teams.</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>What We Look For</h2><ul><li>Strong technical leadership skills.</li><li>Excellent problem-solving abilities.</li><li>Passion for writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.</li><li>Ownership mentality and attention to detail.</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration skills.</li><li>Ability to mentor and inspire other developers.</li><li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.</li><li>Continuous learner with a passion for modern software engineering.</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>What We Offer</h2><ul><li>Competitive salary package.</li><li>Opportunity to work on cutting-edge energy technology.</li><li>Exposure to large-scale international projects.</li><li>Collaborative and highly technical engineering environment.</li><li>Career growth and leadership opportunities.</li><li>Modern development tools and workflows.</li><li>Flexible working arrangements.</li><li>Professional training and certification support.</li><li>Opportunity to make a real-world impact on the future of sustainable energy.</li></ul><h2> </h2><h2>Technologies We Use</h2><ul><li>Python</li><li>Django &amp; Django REST Framework</li><li>PostgreSQL</li><li>Redis</li><li>Celery</li><li>Docker</li><li>GitHub &amp; GitHub Actions</li><li>Azure Cloud</li><li>REST APIs</li><li>React (Frontend)</li><li>TypeScript</li><li>Linux</li><li>CI/CD pipelines</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p>

Senior Backend Developer (Python Django)

<div><p><b>About the Team:</b></p>
<p>
STR's Analytics &amp; C2 Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation in order to improve mission success.</p>
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The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development, we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more.</p>
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The Role:</b></p>
<p>
As an Autonomy Algorithms Senior Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA, Arlington, VA, or Dayton, OH, and will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment &ndash; when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.</p>
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Who You Are:</b></p>
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<li>Ability to obtain a security clearance, for which U.S Citizenship is needed by the U.S government</li>
<li>BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 5+ years of experience</li>
<li>3+ years of experience with C++ or Java</li>
<li>Full stack development experience but with a heavy focus on backend algorithmic development</li>
<li>Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables</li>
<li>Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test autonomy algorithms and software</li>
<li>Not interested in Front end UI/UX or database management/interaction</li>
<li>Proven ability to work with research scientists to transition complex mathematical algorithmic concepts to software application</li>
<li>Proven ability to proactively assume leadership within modest size engineering teams (2-4 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance</li>
<li>Demonstrated success executing industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products</li>
<li>Experience in supporting system/software architecture design at the system and system of systems (SoS) levels</li>
<li>Experience utilizing the following:
<ul><li>Object-Oriented Programming principles for large scale systems</li>
<li>Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab, static analysis, etc</li>
<li>Test-driven development methodologies</li>
</ul></li></ul><ul><li>A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Even Better:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field</li>
<li>Experience with the following:
<ul><li>Collection Orchestration</li>
<li>Satellite Constellation Management</li>
<li>Containerization and service based architectures</li>
<li>Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources</li>
<li>Reinforcement learning</li>
<li>Agentic AI</li>
<li>Experience programming for embedded and physical devices</li>
<li>Multi-agent coordination of UxVs</li>
<li>MAVLINK or other C2 protocols</li>
<li>ROS TAK</li>
<li>DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains</li>
<li>Constraint satisfaction algorithms</li>
<li>Knowledge representation/ontologies</li>
<li>Python</li>
</ul></li></ul><ul><li>Active Security Clearance</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Pay Information</b></p>
<p>
Full-Time Salary Range: $134,000 - $184,000</p>
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The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.</i></p><div><p>
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.</p>
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STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.</p>
<p>
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.</p><p><br>
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STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.</i></p>
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If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at </i><i>appassist@str.us</i><i> and provide your contact info.</i></p>
<p><i>
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.</i></p></div></div>

Autonomy Algorithms Senior Software Engineer

<div><p><b>About the Team:</b></p>
<p>
STR's Analytics &amp; C2 Division develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our team consists of passionate and motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to mature implementation in order to improve mission success.</p>
<p>
The Collaborative Autonomy and Control (CAC) Group in the AC2 Division works to build software systems that solve critical problems in the areas of uncrewed system autonomy, multi-agent collaboration, resource management, and control. By leveraging expertise in machine learning, algorithms, model-predictive control, and software development, we build tools that support tactical mission planning and execution, autonomous reasoning, and more.</p>
<p><b>
The Role:</b></p>
<p>
As an Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer, you will work as part of a tightly knit team to design, develop, implement, integrate, test, and demonstrate advanced algorithms and software systems for autonomous platforms. You will provide technical leadership and mentoring on programs working throughout the software and system development lifecycle, from early prototypes to integrated systems. Your work will develop a diverse set of software tools and applications for mission planning systems, automated control processes, unmanned platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This position is based in Woburn, MA or Arlington, VA, and will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment &ndash; when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.</p>
<p><b>
Who You Are:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government</li>
<li>BS in Computer Science or related technical field with 7+ years of experience</li>
<li>5+ years of experience with C++ or Java</li>
<li>Full stack development experience with a heavy focus on backend algorithmic development</li>
<li>Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization of backend executables</li>
<li>Proven ability to develop, implement, integrate, and test autonomy algorithms and software</li>
<li>Not interested in Front end UI/UX or database management/interaction</li>
<li>Proven ability to work with research scientists to transition complex mathematical algorithmic concepts to software application</li>
<li>Proven ability to proactively lead and manage modest size engineering teams (5+ engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance</li>
<li>Demonstrated success driving industry best practices in areas such as code review, unit testing, test coverage, static analysis, etc., to ensure mature, high quality software products</li>
<li>Experience in leading system/software architecture design</li>
<li>Comfortable working both with internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of software product plans</li>
<li>Experience utilizing the following:
<ul><li>Object-Oriented Programming principles for large scale systems</li>
<li>Agile software lifecycle methodologies and tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab, static analysis, etc</li>
<li>Test-driven development methodologies</li>
</ul></li></ul><ul><li>A demonstrated ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Even Better:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field</li>
<li>Experience with the following:
<ul><li>Collection Orchestration</li>
<li>Satellite Constellation Management</li>
<li>Containerization and service-based architectures</li>
<li>Coordinating Electronic Warfare resources</li>
<li>Reinforcement learning</li>
<li>Agentic AI</li>
<li>Programming for embedded and physical devices</li>
<li>Multi-agent coordination of UxVs</li>
<li>MAVLINK or other C2 protocols</li>
<li>ROS</li>
<li>TAK</li>
<li>DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains</li>
<li>Constraint satisfaction algorithms</li>
<li>Knowledge representation/ontologies</li>
<li>Python</li>
</ul>
</li></ul><p><b>Pay Information</b><br>
Full-Time Salary Range: $173,000 - $216,000</p>
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The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.</i></p><div><p>
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.</p>
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STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.</p>
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STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.</p><p><br>
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STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.</i></p>
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If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at </i><i>appassist@str.us</i><i> and provide your contact info.</i></p>
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Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.</i></p></div></div>

Autonomy Algorithms Lead Software Engineer

Flock

<div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>The Problem</b></h1><p>
As Flock continues to expand to more customers, our pipeline systems must process billions of daily assets in real time with ultra-low latency. Accommodating this rapid workload expansion demands strong architectural design, backend optimization, and distributed systems scaling. You will solve critical scaling bottlenecks, optimize data processing pipelines, and build resilient infrastructure that supports our growing customer base.</p><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What You'll Own</b></h1><ul><li><p>
Architect, scale, and maintain high-throughput backend data pipelines handling real-time asset ingestion across microservices.</p></li><li><p>
Optimize PostgreSQL database performance, pub/sub architectures, and distributed storage systems under heavy traffic loads.</p></li><li><p>
Lead service migrations toward Go-heavy patterns while maintaining performant TypeScript backend services.</p></li><li><p>
Collaborate cross-functionally with Hardware, Machine Learning, Web, Mobile, and Data Science teams to design and deploy new pipeline features.</p></li><li><p>
Act as a technical domain expert by conducting code reviews, mentoring peer engineers, and driving engineering best practices across the pipeline ecosystem.</p></li></ul><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What This Role is Not</b></h1><ul><li><p>
This isn't a front-end or client-side engineering position, your daily focus centers strictly on high-scale backend data processing and microservice architecture.</p></li><li><p>
This is not a purely theoretical research role, you will take ambiguous problems, map out concrete technical plans, and ship production-grade code.</p></li><li><p>
This isn't a siloed individual contribution, you will actively collaborate across adjacent engineering disciplines and mentor junior engineers.</p></li></ul><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What You Bring</b></h1><ul><li><p>
Deep proficiency in TypeScript backend patterns alongside proficiency or strong capability to scale up quickly in Go.</p></li><li><p>
Demonstrated capability in designing and operating distributed systems and microservice architectures under heavy data ingestion loads.</p></li><li><p>
Strong backend database and pub/sub experience leveraging PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Redis, SQS, or SNS, including query optimization.</p></li><li><p>
Practical cloud infrastructure experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployment workflows.</p></li><li><p>
Excellent cross-functional communication skills with a track record of collaborating across hardware, data science, and application engineering teams.</p></li></ul><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Compensation
</b></h1><p>In this role, you'll receive a starting salary between $172,000 and $200,000 as well as Flock Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in depth with you during our first chat.</p><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Why Flock</b></h1><p>
Every community deserves to be safe. Flock builds the technology that makes that real: last year we supported over 1 million criminal investigations and helped locate more than 10,000 missing people. We're 1,700 people building the impossible with over $1B in funding, and the expectations are high on purpose. If you want a role where the stakes are real and the pace matches, this is it.</p><p>
Some problems get solved faster in the same room, so we prioritize candidates in Atlanta and Boston. Hub-based roles mean real in-person time with your coworkers. Remote roles exist, and when a posting is open to remote work, it says so.</p><p>
Building the impossible takes every kind of mind. Flock is an equal opportunity employer, and we know the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills working together with mutual respect. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, email recruiting@flocksafety.com; your information stays confidential and is used only to arrange the right accommodation for your interviews.</p><p>
On compensation: we pay fairly for the work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education, training, and market indicators. The range in this posting covers base salary only and doesn't include equity, sales bonus plans where applicable, or benefits. The range may be adjusted over time, and this posting may span more than one career level.</p><p>
One last thing: all legitimate communication from Flock comes from an email ending in @flocksafety.com or noreply@ashbyhq.com. We never make offers through messaging apps or third parties, and we never request payment or sensitive personal information during hiring. If you encounter suspicious outreach about a Flock role, report it to recruiting@flocksafety.com.</p><p>
Compensation Range: $172K - $200K</p></div>

Senior Software Engineer, Pipeline

Kentan Staffing Solutions

<div><div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Founding Software Engineer
</b></h1><p><b>Location: </b>New York, NY (Onsite)
</p><p><b>Employment Type: </b>Full-Time | Direct Hire
</p><p><b>Compensation: </b>$200,000&ndash;$220,000 Base Salary + Equity (Competitive Benefits)
</p><p><b>Interview Process: </b>3 Interviews
</p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Overview
</b></h2><p>Our client, a rapidly growing AI startup revolutionizing the insurance industry, is seeking a <b>Founding Software Engineer </b>to join its core Engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to become an early engineering hire, helping build the platform that powers enterprise AI agents used by some of the world's largest insurance carriers.
</p><p>This role is ideal for an experienced software engineer who thrives in early-stage startup environments and enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges. You'll play a foundational role in designing scalable infrastructure, developing AI-powered platforms, and building the engineering systems that enable rapid product innovation.
</p><p>The ideal candidate is highly autonomous, technically exceptional, and excited by the opportunity to own critical systems from architecture through production. Culture fit is extremely important&mdash;the team values individuals who are personable, collaborative, scrappy, and capable of moving quickly with minimal direction.
</p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key Responsibilities
</b></h2><ul><li>Design, build, and maintain the core platform powering AI agents across the organization.
</li><li>Develop highly scalable backend services and infrastructure using TypeScript, SQL, and modern cloud technologies.
</li><li>Build and optimize agent orchestration, execution platforms, and developer tooling.
</li><li>Design resilient distributed systems with fault tolerance, observability, retries, and graceful degradation.
</li><li>Develop internal platforms that improve engineering productivity, CI/CD pipelines, and automation workflows.
</li><li>Partner closely with Forward Deployed Engineers to rapidly transform customer feedback into production-ready features.
</li><li>Write technical specifications, review architecture, and deliver high-quality production code.
</li><li>Improve platform reliability, performance, security, and scalability while supporting rapid company growth.
</li><li>Contribute to engineering best practices, code reviews, and long-term platform strategy.
</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Required Qualifications
</b></h2><ul><li>4+ years of experience building production software in a Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, or Platform Engineer role.
</li><li>Strong programming experience with <b>TypeScript </b>and <b>SQL </b>.
</li><li>Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and distributed applications.
</li><li>Strong understanding of system architecture, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
</li><li>Experience building highly reliable systems with monitoring, observability, retries, circuit breakers, and fault tolerance.
</li><li>Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments with strong auditing and compliance requirements.
</li><li>Self-starter with exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
</li><li>Must be located in or willing to relocate to New York City.
</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Preferred Qualifications
</b></h2><ul><li>Experience building AI, LLM, or agent-based platforms.
</li><li>Experience with developer platforms, CI/CD automation, and internal engineering tooling.
</li><li>Background building high-performance distributed systems or infrastructure platforms.
</li><li>Experience working in high-growth startups or founding engineering teams.
</li><li>Familiarity with cloud-native architecture, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>What We're Looking For
</b></h2><ul><li>Highly autonomous engineer who takes full ownership from concept to production.
</li><li>Scrappy, resourceful, and thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
</li><li>Strong technical leader with a builder's mindset and passion for creating scalable systems.
</li><li>Collaborative team player who enjoys working closely with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams.
</li><li>Passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex, real-world business challenges.
</li></ul><p>This is an exceptional opportunity to join a venture-backed AI startup at an early stage, working alongside an elite engineering team to build the next generation of autonomous AI systems while making a significant impact on both the product and the future direction of the company.</p></div></div>

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