Senior Data Engineer

About the Team

STR’s Intelligence division researches and develops advanced analytics and machine learning-based solutions to solve challenging problems related to national security. Our team consists of passionate and motivated engineers with advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and data science, who are seeking opportunities to use their deep technical knowledge and creativity to tackle some of the hardest problems that our customers face. Our projects span multiple different data modalities and incorporate advanced algorithms, deep learning, and statistical techniques to uncover patterns in social media, structured and unstructured text, time series, geospatial, and imagery data, and must operate under challenging constraints not typically found in the commercial world. The tools and technologies we develop have real world impact and US Government analysts use them to extract and enrich intelligence information around the globe.

The Role

As a Data Software Engineer, you will leverage your skills in data science, machine learning, and software development to operationalize advanced statistical machine learning algorithms and support production-level systems. You will closely work with other software engineers and researchers to design cutting-edge solutions to challenging problems impacting national security including classification, anomaly detection, forecasting, and much more. This role combines proficiency in programming languages such as Python and developing advanced machine learning solutions against disparate data feeds to craft cutting-edge solutions that address real-world challenges in national security.

Positions are available in both Woburn, MA and Arlington, VA. Due to the nature of our work, applicants should expect to primarily work onsite or in the office.

What you will do:

• Explore a variety of data sources to build and integrate machine learning models into software


• Develop machine learning and deep learning algorithms for large-scale multi-modal problems


• Work with large data sets and develop software solutions for scalable analysis


• Collaborate to create and maintain software for data pipelines, algorithms, storage, and access


• Monitor software deployments, create logging frameworks, and design APIs


• Build analytic tools that utilize data pipelines to provide actionable insights into customer requests


• Develop and execute plans to improve software robustness and ensure system performance

Who you are:

• Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government


• Motivated collaborator looking to work with a large and distributed team


• 5+ years of experience in one or more high level programming languages, like Python


• Experience working with large datasets for machine learning applications


• Experience in navigating and contributing to complex, large code bases


• Experience with containerization practices and CI/CD workflows


• BS, MS, or PhD in a related field or equivalent experience

Even Better (you should have several of these, but all of them are not required):

• Experience with probabilistic and statistical methods


• Experience with mathematical concepts such as linear algebra and optimization


• Experience with container orchestration systems, such as Kubernetes


• Experience using databases including SQL and NoSQL databases


• Experience developing parallel processing and distributed software workflows


• Experience with dashboard frontends, such as Grafana or Kibana

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at for more info.

STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.

Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.