Senior Software Engineer, Productization & AI Systems
Job Description
Job Description
Description:
Who We Are
Aptima is a technological leader in the national security industry. Our mission is to drive the future of national security by engineering scalable solutions that fuse technological innovation with human potential to transform how individuals and teams train, develop, and perform in mission-critical environments.
Our culture is rooted in our core values, which have evolved over time and our employees have embraced: Integrity, Ingenuity, Excellence, Respect, Engagement, Teamwork . At our core, Aptima researches, develops, and innovates within an area that engineering firms largely ignore, the human component. To impact the world in meaningful ways, you must bring those innovations to light, and that is precisely what we do.
Key Responsibilities
Productization & Technical Maturation
· Lead the technical maturation of advanced prototypes into production-ready systems, identifying gaps in architecture, scalability, reliability, and usability.
· Define and drive technical roadmaps that align product features with customer requirements.
· Identify and implement variability points to enable rapidly tailoring solutions to the needs of different customers.
· Establish criteria for MVPs, beta releases, and production readiness.
System Architecture & Design
· Lead planning and implementation of system architectures for AI-enabled software systems, including APIs, services, data pipelines, and deployment infrastructure.
· Make informed tradeoffs between research flexibility and product stability, performance, and maintainability.
· Guide refactoring of research codebases into modular, reusable, and testable components.
· Collaborate with UI/UX designers to understand and incorporate end user interaction needs into architecture decisions.
AI Engineering & MLOps
· Design and implement workflows for training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring of AI/ML models.
· Establish MLOps practices including versioning, reproducibility, CI/CD, performance monitoring, and lifecycle management.
· Work closely with researchers to transition experimental models into operational pipelines.
Deployment Operations
· Lead containerized deployments using Docker and related tooling; support cloud and on-premise environments.
· Apply modern DevSecOps practices to improve system reliability, security, observability, monitoring, logging, and operational diagnostics.
· Anticipate operational risks and design mitigations for real-world usage.
Requirements:· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
· Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
· 6+ years [LC1] of professional experience in software engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex systems.
· Strong proficiency in Python and experience with production-quality software development.
· Demonstrated experience transitioning prototypes or early-stage systems into production or near-production environments.
· Strong understanding of AI/ML systems, including model integration, evaluation, and deployment considerations.
· Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and modern deployment workflows.
· Ability to lead technical planning, break down ambiguous problems, and drive execution across teams.
· Strong communication skills and comfort working with researchers, engineers, and external stakeholders.
· Willingness to travel to support integration, deployment, or customer activities.
Nice to Have
· Experience with MLOps frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and model lifecycle management.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.
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