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# Lead Software Engineer / Back-End Developer

- **Company:** Str Limited
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Apple IOS, Nvidia CUDA, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Debugging, Linux Commands, Machine Learning, Oop Languages, Reverse Engineering, Shell Script, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Route53
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=49b67b319fb94cdc

## About the Role

* Active Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
 * Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering or scientific field with 2-8+ relevant experience depending on the degree
 * 5 years of experience in developing, deploying, or maintaining enterprise software solutions
 * Software team leadership experience, especially for distributed cross-functional teams
 * Strong problem solving, debugging, and analytical skills
 * Knowledge of Mobile Operating System (iOS/Android) and mobile based applications
 * Expertise in OOP languages, Linux command line tools, and shell scripting

Even Better

 * Active TS/SCI security clearance
 * Reverse engineering experience
 * Experience in designing/developing platform components: Kubernetes, containers, etc.
 * AWS tools proficiency including AWS security, Route 53, EC2 deployments, and other deployment tools
 * Experience deploying ETL processes and/or machine learning models into production
 * Familiarity with statistical and/or machine learning models
 * Programming skills in CUDA
 * Understanding of telecommunication networks

## Description

As a Lead Software Engineer / Back-End Developer, you will join a cross-functional team tasked with implementing software solutions to challenging, high-impact problems. You will create infrastructure to process, store, and expose large and varied datasets that include imagery, structured and unstructured text, geospatial data, and more. You will work alongside algorithm developers and end users to deploy advanced analytic components on various compute platforms, including both on-prem and cloud environments. You will build, demonstrate, and transition systems to partner organizations.


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