Software Developer

Software Developer

Clearance Level: Must have an Active Secret Clearance to be considered - Must be US Citizen

Location: REMOTE

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team’s passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage.

About the Role:
Aquila Technology is seeking a Software Developer to join its team in support of one of the nation's premier defense research organizations. The team needs an individual skilled in both software development and the development of AI algorithms and technology. Note: this is not about leveraging open-source models to accelerate software development tasks, but rather creating novel techniques and approaches for both discriminative and generative AI tasks. The Software Developer will be joining a team who tackles problems at the intersection of cybersecurity and the physical world. The team conducts research to understand and leverage the security implications of cyber-physical phenomena and develop first-of-their-kind prototypes for the Department of Defense, intelligence community, and federal agencies. The team is focused on cyber-physical sensing, cyber-physical effects, and red-teaming through building or applying advanced and novel sensors, digital processing, side-channel analysis, AI/ML, reverse engineering, system exploitation, and RF communications.

Job Description:
The successful candidate will be experienced in both software development and the development of AI systems. The job entails the integration of AI software components into prototypes and integrated systems, many of which have real-time or near-real-time processing requirements. This necessitates a detailed understanding of processing speeds in a data pipeline, control of latencies, management of overflow and underflow, and the ability to creatively leverage heterogeneous processing options across different types of hardware to accelerate computations. Familiarity with AI model distillation techniques, or other methods for edge AI processing, would be very helpful. On the software development side of the work, the successful candidate will be able to leverage any of the available AI frameworks, be skilled in containerization, package management, etc. and ideally have full-stack development experience.

• Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years - Software/Algorithm Development
• 3 years - Machine Learning/AI
• 3 years - AI / Machine Learning Algorithm Development
• 3 years - AI/ML Infrastructure and GPU Compute
• 3 years - AI application development (generative AI, ML, and NLP)
• AI frameworks and libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn)
• 3 years - Deep Learning
• 3 years - Deploying and maintaining application infrastructure (Generative AI technologies a plus)
• 3 years - Generative AI and inference
• 3 years - ML Algorithm Design : Supervised/Unsupervised
• 3 years - PyTorch
• 3 years - Troubleshoot complex AI-related issues
• 2 years - C/C++ Programming
• 5 years - GIT/GITHUB
• 5 years - Object Oriented Software Design and Development
• 5 years - Software Architecture
• 5 years - Software Design/Development
• 5 years - XML and SQL
• 5 years - Maven or Gradle, Git / Gitlab, Make / Autotools
• 5 years - Hardware and Software Integration

Desired Skills:
Familiarity with image processing, or communications and RF engineering would be very desirable in this role, since the majority of the data sources are either imagery or RF SIGINT recordings.

Benefits and Perks:
Aquila team members experience the opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, customer-focused, and technically innovative work environment. Aquila strives to deliver the best of the best in technical services to our customers. Candidates that possess a love for technical challenges, a desire to constantly learn, and the desire to establish themselves as critical players within a team will enjoy calling Aquila Technology home.
Our Perks Include:
PTO - 15 days (vacation/sick) 10 paid holidays - 6 standard (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) - 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire:

• 1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
• 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment

Tuition & Training Reimbursement- 5K annually for pre-approved, Eligible full-time team members who have completed a minimum ofsix (6) months of employment may apply for tuition reimbursement for approved, job-related courses taken through an accredited college or university. Team members must achieve a grade of “B” or better to qualify for reimbursement.Aquila will reimburse up to $5,000 per fiscal year for tuition expenses only. Expenses related to training programs, certifications, books, materials, meals, transportation, or other non-tuition costs are not eligible under the Tuition Reimbursement Program. All tuition reimbursement requests must be submitted to and approved by the team member’s Manager prior to course registration. Reimbursement will be issued upon successful course completion and submission of final grades and proof of payment.

401K with Fidelity - Eligible to participate following 90 days of employment. Company match on employee contribution:

• $1/$1 up to 3%, then .50 cents / $1 for 4th and 5th %s
• Fully vested from day one
• Company match does not apply to catch-up contribution

Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses. Aquila Technology will reimburse team members who work from home ONLY for cell phone/mobile device fees for work-related communications and/or operations each month. Employees eligible for this benefit must work remote 2 days a week or more to qualify.

Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) - Team members are eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,500 every three (3) years for the purchase of electronic equipment used to access corporate services. To qualify for this benefit, employees must have completed a minimum of six (6) months of employment and must agree to and sign the Device Minimum Configuration Form prior to reimbursement. Electronic devices eligible under the Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) program are limited to cell phones, laptops, and tablets.

Work Location: This position is remote. The candidate can work remotely from any location. They may be asked to take up to 4 trips per calendar year to Lexington or to field test experiments if the program/project requires it.

Clearance Level: Candidates must have an Active Secret Clearance to be considered for this role. - Must be US Citizen

Interview Process: Zoom with the hiring manager and additional team members as needed.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer