Senior Principal Software Engineer
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Senior Principal Software Engineer researching AI-powered prototypes for Clarity Innovations’ national-security and defense platforms. Designing proofs of concept and delivering secure, tested software capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Research and develop cutting-edge AI-powered capabilities that augment existing tools
- Identify and propose small, focused prototype solutions to known needs
- Conduct meaningful research into potential solutions
- Architect and design proofs of concept to demonstrate proposed-solution efficacy
- Participate in architectural discussions with the PA and execute priority features
- Develop robust, high-quality software focused on user requirements and timely working products
- Build and integrate automated testing into the product codebase
- Consistently groom the feature backlog
- Execute tasks in a sprint-driven cadence
Requirements:
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS security clearance; only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or four years of hands-on experience in a Software Engineering or similar full-time position
- Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently
- Proficient in Golang and Python
- Experience contributing to or leading the design of new capabilities
- Experience with agentic development and applying LLMs, embeddings, and smaller trained models to analytics, including rigorous evaluation of accuracy, uncertainty, and limitations
- Experience in API/SDK development
- Experience working with software integrators to debug and solve integration challenges
- Experience with a version control code repository, such as GitLab
- Nice-to-have: Containerization with Docker or Podman
- Nice-to-have: GitLab CI pipelines
- Nice-to-have: gRPC / Protobuf
- Nice-to-have: Database development with SQLite / PostgreSQL
- Nice-to-have: Kubernetes deployment
- Desired: Familiarity with the Cyber Operations Domain
- Desired: Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework
Benefits:
- Performance-based bonuses
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Substantial paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Flexible work arrangements where possible
- Income protection benefits
- Professional growth resources













