Software Engineering Institute
sei.cmu.edu
Actively hiring
View 42 jobs
Follow
Overview
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials
Overview
The Software Engineering Institute is a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, advancing software engineering, cybersecurity and AI engineering for the US Department of Defense and other agencies. Established in 1984, it is home to the CERT Division and its Coordination Center, which has handled vulnerability disclosure since 1988, and keeps an office near Washington in Arlington, Virginia. It hires cybersecurity and AI security researchers, AI red team engineers, reverse engineers, autonomous systems research scientists, software and embedded engineers, solutions engineers and data scientists.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Software Engineering Institute over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
128
Postings analysed
69
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
Python55%
C++36%
Java20%
MATLAB13%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch16%
TensorFlow16%
NumPy10%
PyTorch C++9%
Databases
Realm9%
Google BigQuery4%
Snowflake4%
Trino4%
Cloud & platforms
Linux25%
Windows13%
Unix6%
Amazon SageMaker4%
AI & ML
LLM12%
Llama4%
LoRA1%
PEFT1%
Sign in to see how your skills match this stack
Sign In
Full Software Engineering Institute tech stack
128 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
46
2 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
14 days
faster than 60% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
33% ▲
Security
19% ▼
Data Science
11% ▼
Hardware
7% ▼
Robotics
5% ▼
Early Careers
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Solutions (+3 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Pittsburgh
Loading the map
Headquarters
Builds here
Office with open vacancies
No open vacancies right now Tap a pin for the office
Pittsburgh
United States
HQ
Pittsburgh
44 open roles 54 posted in 90 days 82% engineering
hires for AI/ML, Security, Data Science
Arlington
United States
Engineering / R&D
17 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 76% engineering
hires for AI/ML, Data Science, Solutions
Linthicum Heights
United States
Regional office
Linthicum
Jobs
≈ $109k – $214k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • PhD • Pittsburgh
AI Agents
Cybersecurity
NIST CSF
Apply
≈ $109k – $214k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • PhD • Pittsburgh • Arlington
AI Agents
Cybersecurity
NIST CSF
Apply
≈ $75k – $172k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh • Arlington
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Apply
≈ $75k – $172k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • PhD • Pittsburgh • Arlington
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Apply
≈ $117k – $234k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • PhD • Pittsburgh • Arlington
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Apply
≈ $107k – $200k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
Java
C#
C++
Apply
≈ $46k – $87k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Associate's Degree • United States
Linux
Windows
Management
Service Desk
Apply
≈ $110k – $205k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
Go
Java
Rust
Verilog
C#
C++
VHDL
Ada
MATLAB
Linux
Apply
≈ $128k – $254k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
Java
C#
C++
Apply
≈ $91k – $210k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
Java
C++
Assembly
Unicorn Engine
x64dbg
WinDbg
Binary Ninja
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
QEMU
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Ghidra
IDA Pro
Frida
Apply
≈ $133k – $251k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh • Arlington
Python
C++
Machine Learning
Robotics
Motion Planning
Apply
≈ $118k – $218k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
JavaScript
Java
TypeScript
C#
C++
Angular
Apply