# Software Engineer III

Position Description: Position Summary The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a prestigious research and development organization that plays a vital role in the study of the universe. Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) is a nonprofit organization that manages and operates the NRAO under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The Observatory is a hub for technological and scientific collaboration, operating state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. The Observatory has been instrumental in the study of black holes, galaxies, and the early universe. At NRAO, we are recruiting an experienced Software Engineer to join the Correlator team within the Monitor & Control (M&C) group. The correlators combine the signals from the telescope array, and include the WIDAR correlator and the cluster-based DiFX software correlator. The correlator team is responsible for the software ecosystem around the correlators: gathering input data, correlator configuration and control, standardization of the output, as well as cluster management for the software correlator. The correlator team also contributes to the des

- **Id**: 3897120
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aui-software-engineer-iii-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
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- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T07:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T11:58:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 1848852
- **Name**: AUI
- **Domain**: aui.edu
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aui-edu>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 79000
- **Max**: 121000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 121000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **MPI** — Optional: no
- **MQTT** — Optional: no
- **OPC UA** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T23:27:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 121000
- **Is top pay**: no

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