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You will work alongside AI engineers and software developers solving mission-centric problems across a variety of customer environments, from commercial cloud to AWS GovCloud to fully disconnected networks.\nYour specific focus will be on making our applications performant, scalable, secure, and durable. You will also assist with getting them through the accreditation gauntlet that stands between working software and software the mission can use in real-world environments.\nThe Impact\nAt Seekr, we move fast and value flexible thinkers who embrace a growth mindset. Federal work rewards a specific kind of adaptability: requirements get tweaked in real time, the deployment target changes, user feedback loops run through environments you cannot access directly, and the security posture you designed against gets a new control overlay two weeks before delivery.\nEngineers who can absorb that churn without losing the thread will make an immediate impact here. You will have direct influence over how our federal solutions are built, deployed, and accredited, and your decisions will hold up for years across multiple programs.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nWork closely with AI engineers to ship high-quality, production-ready features\nOwn the path from functional prototype to stable, scalable, accredited service\nDrive sound technical decision-making and help establish and enforce engineering best practices across the federal engineering team\nDesign and build systems that satisfy security controls as a first-class requirement rather than a post-hoc remediation exercise\nBuild and maintain hardened container images, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment artifacts for both cloud and restricted/air-gapped environments\nDebug and perform root cause analysis on production issues in environments with limited observability and access\nCollaborate with Product to scope and decompose requirements into actionable engineering work\nMentor engineers on the federal team through code review, design review, and pairing\nRequired Qualifications\n3+ (Senior) / 5+ (Staff) / 10+ (Principal) years of professional software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience\nDemonstrated ownership of production systems you personally designed, debugged, and/or operated\nHands-on depth and applied experience in:Python (async patterns, packaging, dependency management)\nPostgreSQL or a comparable RDBMS\nRESTful API design (FastAPI preferred)\nContainerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)\nDistributed systems (particular emphasis on fundamentals: idempotency, retries, eventual consistency, queueing, failure isolation, graceful degradation, etc.)\nCI/CD (GitLab CI preferred)\nAutomated testing (unit, integration, E2E)\nObservability (structured logging, performance metrics, tracing)\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences\nWhat We’re Looking for in Practice\nYou have opinions about your own past architecture decisions (particularly ones that turned out badly)\nYou can debug a system you did not build in an environment you cannot reproduce locally using logs and a stack trace\nYou use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and similar) as accelerants and do not offload critical thinking to said assistants; you review, test, and take ownership of every line of code that ships regardless of how it was produced\nYou have shipped AI-backed features (LLM inference, agents, retrieval), understand where they are appropriate and where they are not, and have the judgement to reach for the simplest solution that solves the problem at hand\nThis range reflects Seekr’s good faith estimate of what it expects to pay for this role at the time of posting. Placement within the range depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, applicable labor categories under Seekr’s federal government contracts, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education, and certifications. This role may also be eligible for annual bonus, equity, other other incentive compensation.\nThe proposed salary range for this position is:\n$160,000—$230,000 USD\nAbout the Company: \nSeekr is a leader in explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence designed to power mission-critical decisions in enterprises, government, and regulated industries. SeekrFlow™, our end-to-end AI platform, provides secure, auditable AI solutions tailored to sectors where transparency, accuracy, and compliance are paramount. Available across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments, SeekrFlow reduces bias, strengthens data integrity, and simplifies model oversight so organizations can rely on trusted AI decisions in high-stakes settings that impact society’s most sensitive and vital systems. Trusted by leading enterprises and government agencies, we partner with defense, finance, telecom, and critical infrastructure leaders to enable AI solutions that drive real-world results with unmatched transparency and control. We are a team of strategic thinkers and problem-solvers tackling the toughest challenges facing critical infrastructure and global enterprises through best-in-class AI models and customer deployment. Our team operates with unwavering commitment to our core values and mission:\nWe are driven by outcomes-our customers' success is what we strive for every day.\nWe believe trust is earned, which is why we build explainability and transparency into the entire AI lifecycle.\nWe take our responsibility to deliver secure AI seriously.\nWe believe innovation drives progress-we are building the technologies that power the systems our society depends on.\nCompany Benefits:\nMeaningful Mission & Impact - Work with a deeply talented, collaborative team solving some of the toughest AI challenges that matter. \nEquity Ownership - RSUs that let you share directly in Seekr’s long-term success and growth.\n\nTime Off That Respects Real Life - Unlimited PTO plus 14 paid company holidays to truly recharge. \nWork Your Way - A flexible hybrid work environment with offices in Reston, VA and Austin, TX.\n\nCompetitive Total Rewards - A role-appropriate compensation structure that supports long-term growth, including base salary, bonuses, or commission plans depending on role.\n\n 401(k) with Company Match - Build your future with a retirement plan that includes employer matching. \nComprehensive Health & Wellness - Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starting day one-for you and your family. \nParental Leave - Paid parental leave to support employees as they welcome a new child through birth, adoption, or foster placement.\n\nImportant Notice: \nTo conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.\nSeekr is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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