Job Description
BOAB Ventures is seeking a Software Engineer to develop and maintain full stack software applications and services supporting AI/ML and analytic mission operations. This role focuses on scalable back-end systems, APIs, and user interfaces for enterprise platforms and works closely with senior engineers, data engineers, and AI/ML practitioners to deliver mission-critical capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement full stack software components for AI/ML and analytic applications.
- Develop RESTful APIs and microservices following established architectural patterns.
- Build user interfaces and dashboards for AI system monitoring, control, and mission workflows.
- Implement automated testing and continuous integration practices.
- Collaborate with data scientists, AI engineers, and senior software engineers on system integration efforts.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software issues in development and production environments.
- Participate in code reviews and maintain high-quality coding standards.
- Contribute to software architecture decisions and technical documentation.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tooling under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Support the development and operation of Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integrations and AI tooling.
Required Skills
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of hands-on software development experience.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
- Proficiency with at least one modern front-end framework (React, Angular, or Vue) and at least one back-end language/framework (Python, JavaScript/Node.js, Java, Go, or similar).
- Experience with web frameworks, relational and/or non-relational databases, and cloud platforms.
- Working knowledge of API design (REST and/or GraphQL) and microservice architectures.
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices, design patterns, and secure coding principles.
- Experience with version control systems (Git), testing frameworks, and DevOps tooling.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to rapidly learn novel AI platforms, frameworks, and tool integrations, including those enabling agentic AI capabilities.
Desired Skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
- Strong AWS cloud experience, including services such as ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, RDS, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to DevSecOps practices, including secure coding, automated testing, and container/dependency scanning.
- Familiarity with MCP servers or tool-using LLM systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and integrating ML services into applications.
- Military experience.
- Intelligence Community experience.
Desired Characteristics
- Forward-thinking and proactive with the ability to work independently.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly evolving technical environments.
- Strong problem ownership and solution-oriented mindset.
- Deep curiosity and desire to understand systems at a fundamental level.
- Passion for emerging technologies and modern software engineering practices.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Mission-focused approach with a commitment to delivering operationally relevant capabilities.