416 - Principal Software Engineer

ARSIEM • $216K — $241K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming languages (Python, Java, R).
  • Expertise in cloud computing and data engineering.
  • Experience with business intelligence and AI/ML operations, including Jupyter Notebooks.
  • Knowledge of SIGINT architectures and Apache NiFi dataflows is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deploy a production-ready Business Intelligence and data warehousing environment.
  • Provision and configure AWS resources for enterprise data warehousing solutions.
  • Deploy and integrate Tableau and Power BI for analytics.
  • Develop corporate dashboards and enable advanced analytics initiatives.
  • Utilize advanced MLOps capabilities for AI model industrialization through Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Optimize Large Language Model (LLM) performance with prompt engineering.
  • Leverage disparate data to create APIs and business intelligence analytics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package (details available on the company website).
  • Opportunity for a $10,000 referral bonus for successful candidate placements.
Full Job Description
ARSIEM is looking for a motivated Principal Full-Stack Developer to support the exciting Tradecraft Evolution mission. Developer will work closely with mission stakeholders to capture requirements to design, develop, and deploy a production-ready Business Intelligence and data warehousing environment. This position will support one of our government clients in Fort Meade, MD.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with customers to design, develop, deploy, and sustain a production-ready Business Intelligence, data warehousing, and advanced analytics environment leveraging Python, Java, R, and AWS cloud technologies.
  • The mission encompasses provisioning and configuring AWS resources; implementing enterprise data warehousing solutions; deploying and integrating Tableau and Power BI; developing core corporate dashboards and analytics; and enabling advanced analytics, analytic watermarking, sandbox environments, and pilot initiatives.
  • The role also requires expertise in SIGINT architecture and NiFi dataflows, along with advanced MLOps capabilities to industrialize AI models through Docker containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, and automated end-to-end pipelines. Additionally, the mission focuses on optimizing Large Language Model (LLM) performance through advanced prompt engineering and integrating scalable, secure, and operationally effective AI solutions into the enterprise analytics ecosystem.
  • Creatively leverage disparate data to fill knowledge gaps in user activities, collection efforts, and technology discovery to include creating APIs and business intelligence analytics.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 11-years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Strong proficiency with object-oriented languages (Python ,Java, and R) and cloud computing, data engineering, business intelligence, and AI/ML operations, Jupyter Notebooks.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of SIGINT architectures, Apache NiFi dataflows, customer corporate tools and data repositories


$216,000 - $241,000 a year

The ARSIEM pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other laws.

Benefits:
For an overview of our benefits, please visit our benefits tab.
https://www.arsiem.com/careers/

Original Posting Date:
2026-09-25

Clearance Requirement: This position requires an active TS/SCI with a polygraph. You must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Candidate Referral: Do you know someone who would be GREAT at this role? If you do, ARSIEM has a way for you to earn a bonus through our referral program for persons presenting NEW (not in our resume database) candidates who are successfully placed on one of our projects. The bonus for this position is $10,000, and the referrer is eligible to receive the sum for any applicant we can place within 12 months of referral. The bonus is paid after the referred employee reaches six months of employment.

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