Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid/on-site in Arlington, Virginia or Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with at least 4 days in the office. Ability to travel up to 10% of the time may be required. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. security clearance.

Salary: $74,000–$184,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, and education.

Company

hirify.global develops mission-critical software and systems for the U.S. government, including automation, digital engineering, and advanced capabilities for weapon and combat systems.

What you will do

• Design, implement, test, and integrate complex software using C, C++, Python, JavaScript, and Java.
• Analyze and incrementally refactor legacy monolithic weapons-system software using brownfield and greenfield approaches.
• Develop software architecture, hardware and software interfaces, requirements, and specifications for Navy tactical systems.
• Explore AI/ML, distributed processing, modeling, cloud-native, and tactical-edge solutions.
• Collaborate with software and systems engineers, customers, and leadership on requirements, design reviews, code reviews, cost, schedule, and technical progress.
• Support testing and integration at IDT laboratories and government Land Based Test Sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 0–5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience or familiarity with tactical systems software and Department of Defense programs.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C++, Python, Java, or C#, with knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript also relevant.
• Experience with Linux, shell scripting, Git, REST/gRPC APIs, SQL and relational databases, distributed systems, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Must be able to work on-site at least 4 days per week and obtain or maintain an active Secret U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with AEGIS or SSDS tactical systems and their source libraries.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, virtualization, containers, VMware vSphere, or big-data technologies.
• Experience with Jenkins, Jira, Atlassian tools, Make, Maven, Ant, React, Angular, Vue, or Storybook.
• Experience using AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and optimization.
• Knowledge of MBSE, networking, testing frameworks, and complex mixed-code development environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation, rigorous problem-solving, and collaboration.
• Competitive benefits package, PTO, and paid holidays.
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and company matching.
• Optional 9/80 schedule, with the second and fourth Friday off each month.
• Tuition assistance, professional development resources, commuter benefits, technical events, recognition awards, and social events.