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Software Engineer

A2 Federal Inc.

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Top Secret/SCI Polygraph
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Job Description

Job Description

• Participate in all Lean Agile scrums, sprints and grooming sessions.

• Consult and coordinate appropriately for problem resolution, task scheduling, new resource requirements, and task clarification.

• Work in partnership with an integrated team of staff and contractors.

• Understand the cloud environments, such as AWS or Azure.

• Coordinate and collaborate with security, operations, engineering, testing and other teams to provide system information and technical support.

• Design, develop and modify software systems.

• Document and track vendor software roadmaps for software and patch version updates.

• Unit test their software and perform code.

• Design and implement scalable search and retrieval systems leveraging Elasticsearch.

• Develop and integrate LLM-powered capabilities, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience working in Lean Agile Development environment.

• Demonstrated experience building or integrating LLM-based solutions, including RAG, semantic search, or AI-assisted retrieval systems.

• Demonstrated experience developing detailed design and associated deliverables.

• Demonstrated experience translating customer and system requirements into design.

• Demonstrated experience designing system interfaces.

• Demonstrated experience developing Single Page Applications using React (modern hooks-based architecture), HTML5, and CSS3.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience developing RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express (or comparable modern backend frameworks).

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with and troubleshooting of Internet and Web related protocols and technologies such as Tomcat, Nodejs, Web Services, or SSL.

• Demonstrated experience with testing platforms such as Jest or Karma.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, or Nexus.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Elasticsearch (index design, querying, relevance tuning, and scaling).

• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing data pipelines to support search and/or RAG workflows (e.g., ingestion, chunking, embeddings , vector search).

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated recent experience with the Sponsor's Lean Agile methodology.

• Experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, open-source models) into enterprise applications.

• Experience with vector databases, hybrid search (keyword + semantic), and relevance optimization.

• Ability to lead or mentor teams in adopting search + AI/LLM best practices (strong preference for candidates who can elevate team capability, not just contribute individually).
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About Us
A2 Federal is an 8(a) and Service Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business offering 360 degree-trained personnel with expertise in analysis, operations, and mission support. We strive to provide exceptional services to our partners and U.S. military and government agencies world-wide. We believe in integrity, transparency, and respect, empowering our teammates. We offer industry competitive salaries alongside a comprehensive and competitive fringe benefits package.

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Job Category
IT - Security
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI