Backend Developer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Position Description

Accrete seeks a self-motivated and results-oriented team player to develop, troubleshoot, and improve our artificial intelligence products. This position will work on client-facing products hosted on and off their networks, ingesting large amounts of data for near real-time analysis. A successful candidate in this position will have a collaborative-first approach to solving technical problems by seeking help from more knowledgeable team mates.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in architectural and design discussions for existing and prospective AI/ML software packages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable and maintainable software systems.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to meet project requirements.
• Write complex, maintainable code and contribute to the development of critical system components.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in the codebase.
• Collaborate with other engineers on coding, testing, and debugging efforts.
• Execute software development projects, ensuring timely delivery and meeting quality standards.
• Work closely with product, UX/UI, and research to understand business requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate software components into larger systems.
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to ensure thorough testing of software components.
• Implement and advocate for automated testing practices to improve overall product quality.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for code, design, and architecture.
• Ensure that documentation is up-to-date and accessible to team members.
• Analyze complex technical problems and propose effective solutions.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Stay informed about new technologies and share knowledge with the team.

Skills

• 3+ years in software development and at least 3 years as a software architect.
• Proven experience in the technology product industry, demonstrating a deep understanding of product development and innovation.
• Experience in developing and delivering modern Software as a Service (SaaS) products.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native scalable systems, particularly on private clouds in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Demonstrated expertise with Python and common libraries used in data manipulation and web application development.
• Additional experience with compiled languages like (Go, Rust, C/C++, Java).
• Demonstrated expertise in multiple common architectural components like: caching, operational data backends, distributed application orchestration.
• Strong experience in auth/authz architectures and technologies: LDAP, SASL/SAML, OAuth, jwt.
• Good understanding of common cloud native design patterns utilizing Kubernetes toolchains.
• Functional experience across the entire development application lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related computing field is required.
• Current U.S. government top secret clearance with eligibility for SCI and counterintelligence scope polygraph.
• Ideal candidates will have experience in the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.