Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Systems

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Job Category/Department: Engineering

Reporting to: Director of Software Engineering, Cloud Systems

Location (In person/Hybrid/Remote): Hybrid

Position Type: Full time.

Join our dynamic and innovative team at ThayerMahan, a world leader in autonomous maritime surveillance and monitoring. Headquartered in Groton, CT, we are a fast-growing, mission-focused, innovative technology company in the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. At ThayerMahan, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous growth.

Position Summary: ThayerMahan is seeking a senior software engineer to join our team. In this role, you will primarily focus on full stack web application development.

Role and Responsibilities: Create and maintain software solutions by writing and reviewing code, creating and maintaining documentation, and developing and reviewing design proposals. A senior software engineer can:

• Work on incompletely specified tasks, fluidly communicating what the specifications should be, or what the solution space (range of options) is.
• “Jump in the deep end” and figure things out, with little or no up-front explanations.
• Fluidly consider short- and long-term plans, selecting “minimum viable” short term options that elegantly build toward long-term goals.

Senior software engineers must have strong communication skills, for socializing plans and potential options and working toward well-specified product behaviors.

Qualifications and Educational Requirements:

• Required qualifications:
  • U.S. Citizenship (position entails access to Controlled Unclassed Information).
• Typical qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree.
  • 8+ years relevant industry experience
  • Able to obtain DoD security clearance.

Required Skills:

• Exploring code repositories to understand how existing features have been implemented.
• Updating code to address defects, or to create new capabilities.
• Designing and implementing new features.
• Writing documentation for users or maintainers.
• Writing automated tests.
• Learning new technologies.
• Researching technologies for potential adoption.
• Communicating clearly and efficiently around all of the above.
• Collaborating productively with stakeholders and other engineers.

Preferred Skills:

• Git
• Python
• Bash
• Linux
• Data visualization (e.g. matplotlib, plotly)
• Docker
• AWS 
• Javascript/Typescript/Angular

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:

• (Strongly preferred) Ability to travel to Groton HQ on short notice.

Travel Requirements (If Applicable):

• Occasional travel for at-sea support or major client milestones.