Spear AI is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of the combat systems for US Nuclear Submarines. This role combines cutting-edge technology innovation with mission-critical engineering to bring new operational capabilities while ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.The ideal candidate has worked in large legacy systems and has a passion for modernizing code. They enjoy working in small teams in disconnected environments. They MUST have an affinity for working with new/improved technologies and not be resistant to change. Candidates with a GitHub (or other open-source) profile stand out because we can check their work for: Attention to detail - Code quality- Experimentation with new technologies
ABOUT THE JOB
Programming (Essential): * Proficiency in low-level languages like C/C++ (Rust and Zig is an _awesome_ plus) * Proficiency in high-level languages like Python / mypy (TypeScript is a plus) * Data structures and algorithms * Design patterns * Functional programming * Object-oriented programming * Complexity analysis (Big O notation) * Memory safety and thread safety * Expert at debugging (race conditions, deadlocks, etc.) * Testing (Essential)Code quality * Type checking * Linting and formatting (Clang, Ruff, etc.) * Assertions * Unit and property-based testing * Code coverage * Integration testing * End-to-end testingProfiling (metrics, tracing, etc.) * Benchmarking * Load and stress testing * Engineering (Essential) * Version control (Monorepos) * Documentation (README, comments, Architecture Decision Records) * CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.) * Experience reviewing pull requests (providing and receiving feedback) * Package management (Cargo, PyPI) - Semantic versioning * Build systems (CMake, Meson, etc.) * Artifact management (Cargo, PyPI, NPM) * Containerization (Docker / Docker Compose) * Cloud providers (AWS - Preferred, Bonus for Azure and GCP)
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY
Large Language Model (Preferred): Experience hosting LLM inference servers * Familiar with major LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.) * Experience with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) * Knowledge of vector databases and similarity search * Text embedding models and techniques * Prompt engineering and chain-of-thought reasoning * Token optimization and context window management * Model quantization and optimization * System Level (Preferred) * LinuxProcess management and scheduling * Memory management (virtual memory, paging) * File systems and I/O * Network stack and sockets * Compiler optimizations * Static/dynamic libraries * Dynamic linking and loading * System calls and ABI stability * CPU cache optimization *
OTHER
The candidate must be willing to obtain a US government Secret security clearance. Once a Secret clearance has been obtained, the candidate has the option of requesting a Top Secret clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Preference will be given for candidates already possessing a Secret security clearance. While some activities for this job will be performed on site, we expect most of the work to be performed at a home office that can meet heightened security requirements.