The Company

Sofar is the leading ocean intelligence platform. We’ve built the world’s largest real-time ocean network, turning billions of measurements into insights trusted by scientists, governments, and shipping fleets. Our technology makes the ocean more predictable and sustainable, helping customers save costs, cut emissions, and unlock insights that were once out of reach.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and versatile Software Engineer to join our team to help us build and scale classified and unclassified cloud software applications and data management pipelines for U.S. Government applications. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in engineering and a deep understanding of transitioning commercial technologies into U.S. Government environments, with a specific focus on data pipelines and classified (SECRET) cloud infrastructure.

Impact You’ll Own:

Strategic Planning & Execution: Help define and execute the roadmap for transitioning commercial technologies to U.S. Government environments, ensuring we are building the right solutions at the right time. You will both own the architectural vision and secure system design and also help to build it in collaboration with the rest of the engineering team.
Project Leadership: Lead the integration of our core applications onto secure cloud platforms, ensuring they are both scalable and compliant with government security standards.
Technology Selection: Identify the right tools and technologies, while also evaluating existing codebase and platforms to maximize efficiency and scalability.

About You

U.S. Citizen with active SECRET Clearance and eligibility to obtain TS/SCI.
8+ years in cloud engineering with at least 3 years specifically working in classified cloud environments, such as AWS Secret Cloud, and familiarity with other U.S. Government cloud solutions (Azure, Google GCP, etc)
Demonstrated experience bringing commercial software applications to high-side environments or using commercial Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) while maintaining development flexibility and speed.
Familiarity with U.S. Government security and compliance requirements. The terms FedRAMP, IL5, IL6, ATO and RMF should be very familiar.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Computer Science or similar background, with a track record of technical leadership in ambitious software teams.

Bonus Points

Software development experience for the U.S. Navy
Experience with startups or environments where flexibility, rapid iteration, and innovation are key to success.
A passion for or connection to the ocean

Estimated Salary Range

$170,000 - $210,000
The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, and equity package.

Sofar's Commitment to Climate Justice

We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences “... have traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments”, thereby limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the space. (Johri et al., 2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, and are often excluded from decision making that directly address their interests and needs.

We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to apply

Employee Conduct

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

Staff Software Engineer, U.S. Government Programs (Active Clearance)

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