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Contingent Senior Software Engineer - Top Secret

Sunayu, LLC
Alexandria, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/1/2026
Category: Software Engineering
Travel Required: No
Remote Type: No

**Position is contingent upon contract award**

Sunayu, LLC is looking for a Software Engineer who will support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations.

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
  • Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.
  • Contribute to the integration of software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.

Basic Requirements:
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Software Development, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.). Additiona/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
  • 12 years of experience in software engineering, data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. (4 years with a Master's).
  • Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.
  • Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.
  • Ability to analyze and assess software development or data acquisition requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.

Experience with the following:
  • Backend microservices
  • Distributed systems
  • API development
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Kubernetes-native application development
  • Cloud-native engineering
  • Preferred Languages
  • Rust
  • Go
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Django

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.
  • Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).
  • Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies
  • Familiarity with the following technologies
    • NATS
    • Kafka
    • Redis
    • ClickHouse
    • OpenTelemetry
    • OpenRouter
    • LiteLLM

Who We Are

Sunayu, LLC serves as a premier technology partner to the Defense and Intelligence communities, delivering mission-critical engineering solutions across the nation. Our operations are anchored in a commitment to trust, accountability, and ethical transparency, ensuring the high-performance outcomes necessary to protect our country's most vital interests.

Culture

Our strength lies in our community: Our team prioritizes collaboration, professional growth, and encourages open communication. At Sunayu, we don't just secure the mission-we grow together.

Career Development

We support and encourage our team members to continue their professional growth by providing company-reimbursed training and continuing education of up to $5,000 per year. We also participate in many industry conferences and events where we share our expertise and experiences.

Pay Rate

Salary range considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits
  • 3 Medical Plan Options
  • Dental and Vision
  • FSA, DCFSA, HSA
  • Life/AD&D Insurance
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and Educational Assistance
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 11 Federal holidays
  • 401k plan with up to a 6% match (100% immediate vesting)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sunayu, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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