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# Contingent Senior Software Engineer - Top Secret

- **Company:** Sunayu, LLC
- **Location:** Gambrills, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Mobile Application Development, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Engineering, Microprocessors, Distributed Systems, Django Web Framework, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Intelligence Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Redis, Software Engineering, Subversion, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Social Network Analysis, Backend, Git, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Vertica, Api Design, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/d7fb65ac-f2f5-4797-b7c0-2948c72526f8

## About the Role

* Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Software Development, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.). Additiona/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
 * 12+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. (4+ years with a Master's).
 * Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.
 * Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.
 * Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.
 * Ability to analyze and assess software development or data acquisition requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.

Experience with the following:

 * Backend microservices
 * Distributed systems
 * API development
 * Event-driven architectures
 * Kubernetes-native application development
 * Cloud-native engineering
 * Preferred Languages
 * Rust
 * Go
 * Python
 * TypeScript
 * Django, * Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.
 * Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).
 * Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies
 * Familiarity with the following technologies
 + NATS
 + Kafka
 + Redis
 + ClickHouse
 + OpenTelemetry

## Description

Sunayu, LLC is looking for a Software Engineer who will support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations.

 * Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
 * Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.
 * Contribute to the integration of software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.


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