Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly to join one of our top projects in Herndon, VA.  Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.

THE PROJECT
The DarkStar Group's team uses AI/ML approaches (including NLP) to speed the analysis of massive amounts of aging data to determine what can and cannot be declassified, and the resulting redaction of portions of data items.  This effort is critical to protecting our exponentially-growing classified data sets and to responding to an increased number of FOIA requests.  The team consists of Data Scientists, ML experts, Software Engineers, Data Analysts, and Systems Integrators working very closely with groups of customer Analysts. 

Work on this program takes place in the Herndon, VA area (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI + Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).

THE ROLE

• Our program is seeking a Full Stack primarily Front End, Software Developer to join our Data Analytics Team. This role will support applications development for a variety of tools and initiatives focused on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning customer solutions to the overarching digital architecture. The ideal candidate will help promote state-of-the-art IT solutions, collaborating with IT mission partners to share technology and lessons learned and ensure records management processes and requirements are included in the early design stages of IT solutions across the Intelligence Community. Additionally, this individual will work in concert with the customer technical interfaces to ensure future plans for technology are in line with the plans for the overall customer architecture.

Required Skills

• Proficiency with front end application language frameworks - Angular 13+, Javascript Typescript, CSS,HTML, NodeJs, NPM
• Demonstrated experience with:
• Implementing graphical user interface (GUI) components in web applications using the Angular framework.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future useasynchronous programming paradigms
• Linux (Bash) shell scripting automated testing for front end applications (i.e. Jasmine, Selenium, Cypress) web-based platforms to perform searches or analytics on large data sets or ability to design, develop, test and implement new applications based on project requirements decomposing concepts to discrete development tasks and managing your work to a deadline ability to develop wireframes and storyboards to help stakeholders conceptualize a front-end solution
• Optimizing front end applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Should be familiar with developing front end solutions with 508 compliance in mind
• BS/BA in Software Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or similar OR equivalent combination of education and experience to be 11- year equivalent on this program. (BS degree + 8 years exp OR BS and Masters' Degree + 3 certs +5 - years' experience)

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience with:
• middle-tier application design and development using any framework - NodeJs, Java, Python
• development and deployment of applications in the Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment or an Amazon Web Services cloud environment
• data visualization tools (i.e. Tableau, Pandas, D3.js, ggplot, etc)
• open-source front end libraries that manipulate PDF documents such as PDF.js
• Proficiency in Python software development, especially web service development in Flask or Django

About The DarkStar Group

Our Company

The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you. 

Our Benefits

The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:

• very strong salaries;
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
• the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
• 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
• a generously-funded HSA;
• an 8% 401(k) contribution; 
• 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
• the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
• a generous training budget;
• $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
• business development / growth incentives; and
• top notch company swag.

** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran