Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Datasets

at Striveworks

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Datasets
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $160,000 - $200,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Docker, Java, Kubernetes, Microservices, OpenStack, Python, Rust, SDLC, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing AI systems to solve business and national security challenges. Contributing to the flagship product, Chariot, at a tech-driven company focused on optimization.

Responsibilities

• Be a core contributor to the products and direction of the company
• Develop, deploy, and maintain production ML models
• Write quality code in Go and Python
• Participate in company development themes including Everything as Code, Cloud-neutral development, User-centric design, Hexagonal, event-driven, microservices architecture, Optimizing, deploying, and refining AI models and algorithms

Requirements

• 6–8 years of hands-on development experience
• Excellence in Go, C++ (17 or higher), Java (11 or higher), C# (9 or higher), or Rust
• Strong background in relational database design, architecture, operation, and performance
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with DevOps tooling: CI/CD tools, Git, Docker, Kubernetes
• Proven experience with cloud architecture: commercial cloud, OpenStack
• Experience in the design and development of performant, scalable services
• Ability to work cross-functionally and participate in or lead design discussions
• Ability to independently lead the software development life cycle, from collaborating with product teams on requirements to executing technical design, implementation, and deployment
• Experience in knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching (e.g., onboarding, code reviews, leading junior engineers)
• Strong understanding of software development principles, such as object-oriented programming, design patterns, documentation, and agile methodologies
• Driven, self-directed personality
• Strong sense of mission and commitment to making a difference
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, or similar experience
• Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be a US person (a US citizen, a US national, or a Green Card holder)

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave