Program Mission Assurance Engineer for Northrop Grumman ensuring technical requirements integration and collaborating on quality standards. Overseeing program risks, conducting quality reviews, and analyzing testing processes.
About the role
- Principal Software Engineer designing and building foundational backend systems for AI inference platform. Collaborating with a close-knit team and leading architectural decisions in a hybrid work environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and scale foundational backend systems and APIs that power real-time, multi-agent AI workflows.
- Own the end-to-end developer journey by building SDKs, CLIs, and interfaces that make it easy to interact with our platform.
- Rapidly prototype and productize features using tools like Cursor, React, and TypeScript—without sacrificing quality or scale.
- Guide architectural decisions, lead design reviews, and mentor engineers in best practices for distributed, high-performance systems.
- Partner with product, design, and leadership to align technical execution with company vision and user needs.
- Drive key projects from 0→1 with autonomy, accountability, and a strong bias for action.
Requirements
- 4+ years in high-performance software environments, with a proven track record of shipping complex systems end-to-end.
- Mastery of one or more systems languages (Go, Rust, Kotlin, etc.) and strong backend engineering fundamentals.
- Experience designing and scaling distributed systems with performance, reliability, and observability in mind.
- Strong discipline around testing, CI/CD, and long-term maintainability (TDD preferred).
- Ability to turn ambiguity into architecture, and architecture into reliable, extensible code.
- Clear, concise communicator who can explain tradeoffs, write technical specs, and mentor junior engineers.
- Bonus: Experience with edge computing, real-time inference, or AI/ML-powered systems.
Benefits
- Real Equity & Fair Pay: We believe in true partnership.
- Ownership, Not Just Tasks: You won't be lost in a big machine here.
- Direct Access to Leadership: You are part of the core conversation.
- Inventing the Future: We are building the infrastructure for autonomous AI agents that doesn't exist yet.
- Builders Decide: We hate red tape as much as you do.
- Remote with Connection: We are remote first but value real face time.
- Our Hiring Process: We move fast, stay transparent, and focus on real collaboration.
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