Level III Full Stack Software Engineer

Position: Level III Full Stack Software Engineer

Location: Falls Church, Pentagon, Alexandria, and Arlington

Work Environment: Hybrid

Clearance Required: Secret

Knowesis, a dynamic and forward-thinking company, is currently seeking an exceptional Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team and provide invaluable support to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

To be eligible for this position, candidates must have a Secret clearance and possess U.S. Citizenship without the need for sponsorship, both now and in the future. Applicants without proof of U.S. Citizenship will not be considered due to the position's security clearance requirements.

The Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Designs and develops software requirements for multiple Artificial Intelligence based support capabilities including the software architectures, APIs, frameworks, and libraries.

• Develops front end and backend of software prototypes, components, and tooling that can be leveraged to speed prototyping process.

• Maintains and guides the development of common libraries and tools used by multiple teams.

• Aids in formulating a strategy on how to achieve rapid prototyping of AI capabilities, including Generative AI.

• Works with data scientists, UX designers, cognitive scientists, developers, and testers to compose cohesive and sound software designs that form the basis of scalable AI solutions.

• Documents requirements and specifications and reviews documentation provided by other teams and vendors.

• Optimizes software designs and architectures to deliver desired performance targets and devises tooling and methodologies to profile execution and capture performance metrics.

• Stays informed on latest AI system and software architectures and trends from design patterns to DevSecOps and systems architecture patterns.

• Works closely with clients and requirements owners to build out product lines.

• Develops plans, road maps, software design strategies. Analyze and decompose activities and requirements to software designs that are allocated across systems components/sub-components.

• Captures, develops, and reports reference architectures and documenting compliance standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree plus 7-10 years' experience, or a master's degree plus 5 years of experience

• Programming experience with Python, JavaScript, and at least one more programming language (Java is preferred).

• Experience with front end frameworks like React or Vue. Experience with backend runtimes and frameworks like Node.js, Spring, Spring Boot, Django, Flask, etc.

• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and tools.

• Well versed in modern software architectures like micro-services as well as front-end frameworks.

• DevSecOps experience is optional but preferred.

• Strong communications skills: you will be required to proactively engage fellow CDAO members both inside and outside of your team.

• Ability to synthesize requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree plus 7-10 years' experience, or a master's degree plus 5 years of experience

Knowesis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.