Principal Software Engineer

Note: This is a full-time remote position. The candidate must be located within the United States, be a U.S. citizen, and have the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Hypergiant, an Accelint company, empowers forward-thinking organizations with AI-driven solutions to stay ahead. Our geographic presence spans the U.S. and allied partners, with facilities in key Defense Technology hubs from Southern California to Washington, D.C. We provide large enterprises – across industries like the Defense Department, energy, healthcare and aviation – with bespoke technology solutions, cutting-edge advice, and deployment expertise needed to harness the value out of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. At our core, we are military experts, researchers and technologists who want to accelerate intelligence to deliver strategic insights that turn future challenges into today’s opportunities. 

We are looking for a Principal Software engineer to build a training platform for our cloud-first command and control software. Hypergiant with its partners is building an innovative cloud-first command and control system that seamlessly integrates existing capabilities and provides automation that improves efficiency and effectiveness of mission planning and execution. A perfect candidate is able to write high-quality code, integrate with partner capability providers, and ensure code and product quality. This position will work closely alongside product owners, designers, and internal leadership on critical training software.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Meet with clients (business and technical) and extract information necessary to document architecture encompassing business processes and systems. 
• Perform technical evaluations of prototypes and requirements and provide feedback to Product Owners, Designers, and Architects to ensure feasibility and performance at scale. 
• Document and maintain records for decisions behind architectural choices and current state of the training platform. 
• Build web applications conforming to our design system and ready for integrating continuous updates to reflect the features and functionality of partner software. 
• Implement pixel-perfect Figma designs that replicate interactive prototype functions. 
• Support development, test, build, and deployment of software applications to unclassified and classified production environments. 
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, tools, and processes for continuous improvement. 
• Solve complex problems by finding alternative solutions to critical technical issues and mitigating or avoiding risk. 
• Proactively address security requirements and other constraints as they are discovered or identified. 

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack software design and development. 
• 7+ years of experience working on system architecture and integration with third-party APIs. 
• Comfortable performing research and discovery, and synthesizing your thoughts through architecture and technical roadmaps. 
• Experience developing resilient file-transfer and data-streaming architectures. 
• Experience working with static-site generation frameworks (Astro, Next.JS, Gatsby, etc). 
• Ability to manage client expectations and project timelines. 
• Demonstrated experience in managing, mentoring & coaching development teams in an Agile environment. 
• Penchant for learning new technologies, balanced with strong pragmatic thinking. 
• Proficient with version control and effective collaborative development workflows.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in software design and development. 
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• Understanding of the ML production ecosystem (data ingestion, inferencing, monitoring, etc). 
• Experience with containers and OCI-based runtimes (k8s, Podman, Docker, etc). 
• Experience with javascript, typescript, and React frameworks. 
• Performance engineering experience on near real time systems. 
• Geospatial information systems (GIS) experience. 
• Experience integrating with third-party authentication software. 
• Experience with video game development or immersive training environments. 
• Experience in the DOD training and education career fields. 
• Ability to travel up to 20%. 
• Active US DOD security clearance. 

Clearance Information: This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. Non-US citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/security-clearances 

Remote Work Video Meeting Requirement: Employees in remote roles are expected to actively participate in video meetings as part of their regular job responsibilities. This includes maintaining a professional presence on camera, ensuring a stable internet connection, and engaging in discussions as required. Video meetings are essential for collaboration, team alignment, and maintaining effective communication across distributed teams. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for employees with specific needs.

Hypergiant Galactic is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace. We offer a generous benefits package, including company contributions to medical benefits. We offer unlimited PTO. In addition, we offer a fun, flexible work environment, company-sponsored activities, and commit to providing each employee with job satisfaction by addressing core needs. Learn more at hypergiant.com.