Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MSH's client is an innovative technology company working at the intersection of ocean intelligence, geospatial technology, artificial intelligence, advanced software, and national security. The Principal Software Engineer will serve as a hands-on technical leader, developing production-quality backend and frontend software, working with AI/ML and geospatial data, and supporting secure, mission-critical operational environments.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical contributor supporting the development and deployment of mission-critical software in secure and specialized operational environments
- Remain highly hands-on, spending the majority of time designing, building, testing, and improving production software
- Develop scalable backend applications and services using Python and Go
- Build and enhance modern front-end applications using React and TypeScript
- Work with complex geospatial datasets and develop solutions for geospatial data processing, visualization, and analysis
- Build or support mapping and visualization capabilities using CesiumJS
- Apply AI/ML knowledge and experience to support advanced data, analytics, and software capabilities
- Collaborate with engineers across a broader software organization to solve complex technical challenges
- Provide technical guidance and share knowledge with other engineers in a collaborative, mentorship-oriented environment
- Participate in architecture discussions while remaining directly involved in implementation and delivery
- Contribute to software design, code reviews, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement
- Help bridge commercial software capabilities with the unique requirements of secure and mission-focused environments
- Collaborate closely with a small engineering team while interfacing with broader product and software teams
Skills
- • Strong hands-on software development experience; candidates must be actively interested in coding and technical implementation
- • Strong backend development experience with Python and Go
- • Experience developing modern front-end applications using React and TypeScript
- • Demonstrated experience working with AI/ML technologies or AI-driven software solutions
- • Experience working with geospatial datasets, geospatial applications, or spatial data processing
- • Experience with geospatial visualization or mapping technologies
- • Strong understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, distributed systems, and scalable application development
- • Experience working in highly secure, government, defense, intelligence, or similarly regulated environments
- • Active Top Secret clearance , or a background that enables the candidate to work effectively within a Top Secret cleared environment
- • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- • Strong team-oriented mindset with a willingness to share knowledge and mentor other engineers
- Location: Remote within the United States. Candidates should be comfortable supporting requirements associated with secure or cleared environments as needed
- • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- • Experience working within NGA CORE environments
- • Experience supporting intelligence, national security, defense, or special operations technology initiatives
- • Hands-on experience with CesiumJS for geospatial mapping and visualization
- • Experience with Cesium ion or similar geospatial data platforms
- • Experience deploying or supporting applications in secure, disconnected, or restricted computing environments
- • Experience building AI/ML-enabled products or integrating machine learning capabilities into production applications
- • Experience working in a small, fast-paced technology company or startup environment
- • Experience contributing across multiple engineering domains, including backend, frontend, geospatial data, and cloud-native software
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred
Benefits
- Remote within the United States
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