Associate Software Engineer

VTG

$75K — $90K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or similar field
  • Proficient in Python programming language
  • Experience with RESTful/gRPC APIs
  • Familiarity with Linux operating systems
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness
  • Must be a US Citizen with current or potential for DoD Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain interfaces as backend tools evolve
  • Update software performance and architecture
  • Clearly communicate requirements with cross-company partners
  • Support GUI development as needed
  • Update tools to function on various systems and platforms

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with advanced technology in a vital field
  • Supportive work environment with cross-company collaboration
  • Work in a growing area of software engineering for defense applications
  • Involvement in innovative projects related to submarine sonar
Full Job Description
Overview

VTG is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to work with our software for modeling acoustic beampatterns for submarine sonar arrays. The SW is primarily Python-based and is containerized and hosted in a Kubernetes environment. This role will involve developing and updating interfaces between front end and back end, updating the code architecture to scale up and enable more parallel instances, configuring the code to work with GPUs, and various other performance updates. Tasking may also include some GUI development and updating the tool to work on additional systems and platforms. This position will support our customer in Manassas, VA.

What will you do?

  • Develop and maintain interfaces as the backend tool scales and evolves
  • SW performance and architecture updates
  • Communicate requirements and interface definitions clearly with cross-company partners

Do you have what it takes?

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or similar
  • Proficient with Python
  • Proficient with RESTful/gRPC
  • Experience with Linux systems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Initiative, innovation, and resourcefulness
  • Successful completion of background check
  • Must be a US Citizen with current DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance


Desired Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:
  • One+ years relevant specifically experience with SQL or NoSQL
  • Knowledgeable with modern PaaS environment tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, KVM, and Helm
  • Experience with CuPy or Numba for writing GPU kernels in Python
  • Experience with Python's multiprocessing library
  • Experience with shell scripting languages

VTG's estimated starting pay range is $75,000-$90,000 which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.

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