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SUMMARY:Lead Software Engineer - Backend (Seattle, WA)
DESCRIPTION:SOLVING THE HARDEST PROBLEMS IN NATIONAL SECURITY\n\nProtectin
 g U.S. residents and visitors requires sophisticated technological solutio
 ns to counter increasingly complex, AI-enabled threats. As adversaries dep
 loy autonomous systems, coordinate multi-domain operations, and leverage a
 dvanced AI capabilities, our capabilities must evolve to match this comple
 xity. The PNNL national security mission employs our expert engineering ta
 lent—self-driven innovators who thrive in ambiguity—to architect and deliv
 er next-generation AI systems, multi-intelligence fusion platforms, and la
 rge-scale analytics capabilities that form the backbone of our nation's se
 curity infrastructure.\n\n \n\nTHE CHALLENGE IS REAL. THE PROBLEMS ARE HAR
 D. THE IMPACT IS IMMEDIATE\n\nYou'll tackle problems that don't exist else
 where, from detecting and preventing smuggling of drugs and contraband to 
 correlating petabytes of multi-modal intelligence data to solve National S
 ecurity Problems. Every system you architect, every algorithm you optimize
 , and every deployment you lead directly strengthens our nation's security
  posture. This work demands relentless drive—the kind of engineer who sees
  obstacles as puzzles to solve and treats mission success as personal resp
 onsibility.\n\n \n\nPNNL's advanced AI engineering initiatives—spanning ag
 entic AI architectures, petabyte-scale data orchestration, and real-time m
 ulti-intelligence processing—are defining the future of national security 
 technology. With your expertise in scalable system design, AI/ML engineeri
 ng, and complex data architectures, you'll contribute to revolutionary cap
 abilities that process multi-modal intelligence data at unprecedented scal
 e and speed. We operate with startup agility and urgency, rapidly iteratin
 g and deploying solutions where failure isn't an option.\n\n \n\nAPPLYING 
 YOUR ENGINEERING EXPERTISE TO CHALLENGES IMPACTING NATIONAL SECURITY\n\nAs
  a Lead Software Engineer on PNNL's Software Engineering and Architectures
  (SEA) team, you will architect and lead the development of mission-critic
 al AI systems, design systems at scale in support of mission objectives, a
 nd drive technical strategy for some of the nation's most sophisticated in
 telligence and security applications. You'll take ownership from concept t
 o deployment, mentor and develop staff, collaborate with research scientis
 ts and domain experts, and translate cutting-edge research into production
 -ready systems deployed in highly secure environments—all while maintainin
 g the entrepreneurial mindset that turns breakthrough research into operat
 ional reality.\n\n \n\nHANDS-ON IMPACT ACROSS DIVERSE, HIGH-STAKES CHALLEN
 GES:\n\nSystem Architecture – Design and build distributed platforms in st
 ate-of-the-art secure facilities, architect high-availability microservice
 s, conduct performance testing on enterprise-scale systems\nField Deployme
 nt – Deploy and optimize software systems in operational environments, tro
 ubleshoot mission-critical applications in real-world conditions, collabor
 ate directly with system operators and infrastructure teams\nPerformance E
 ngineering – Build ultra-high-performance APIs that handle millions of req
 uests per second, architect systems that operate under extreme performance
  constraints, solve scalability challenges at national scale\nReal-Time Sy
 stems – Build platforms that process streaming data with sub-millisecond l
 atency, architect fault-tolerant systems that achieve 99.99% uptime, optim
 ize performance for mission-critical operations\nWhat You'll Architect & B
 uild:\n\n \n\nSoftware Platforms – Design scalable microservices architect
 ures that coordinate across multiple domains, build robust API gateways fo
 r classified environments, architect service mesh implementations that han
 dle the nation's most sensitive traffic\nHigh-Performance Processing Syste
 ms – Lead distributed system design processing data from hundreds of sourc
 es simultaneously, architect real-time streaming platforms that handle ter
 abytes per hour, design event-driven architectures that scale horizontally
  across data centers\nMission-Critical Infrastructure – Design container o
 rchestration platforms that span multiple security domains, architect CI/C
 D pipelines processing millions of deployments, build monitoring and obser
 vability systems across secure enclaves\nTechnical Leadership with Impact 
 – Mentor engineering teams building systems that push the boundaries of so
 ftware architecture, drive technical decisions that influence platform str
 ategy, lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple development tea
 ms\nTechnical Expertise Expected:\n\n \n\nProgramming Excellence – Expert-
 level Python, C#/.Net, with proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, [Java, C
 /C++, Rust]\nCloud & Infrastructure – AWS/Azure architecture, Kubernetes o
 rchestration, Infrastructure as Code, [GCP, Multi-cloud, Edge computing]\n
 Data & Storage – S3, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redshi
 ft, Delta Lake, Vector stores\nAI/ML Engineering – Agentic AI systems, LLM
 s, model deployment & orchestration, MLOps platforms, distributed training
 , model serving at scale, vector databases, graph analytics\nIntelligence 
 Systems – Data fusion, GEOINT processing, signals analysis, threat correla
 tion\nData Engineering – Spark/Databricks, Kafka/streaming, data lake/mesh
  architectures, real-time analytics, distributed computing\nSpecialized Sy
 stems – Geospatial processing frameworks, time-series databases, distribut
 ed computing, secure enclaves\nLeadership Tools – Agile/SAFe methodologies
 , GitLab Enterprise, advanced CI/CD, security-first DevOps\nImpact & Growt
 h:\n\nLead technical strategy for AI-powered national security systems whi
 le mentoring the next generation of engineers. Your architectural decision
 s will influence platforms processing intelligence data at national scale,
  directly contributing to our nation's security posture.\nNational Interes
 t Project Examples:\n\nDetect and prevent smuggling of drugs and contraban
 d at ports of entry [Link]\nDevelop large data pipelines to thwart funding
  for terrorists, nuclear proliferators, drug cartels, and rogue leaders [L
 ink]\nApplying big data solutions to national security problems [Link]\nAp
 plying image classification for nuclear forensics analysis [Link]\nDevelop
  capabilities for scalable geospatial analytics [Link]\nUse remotely sense
 d imagery to identify and monitor the progression of wildfires [Link]\nAna
 lyze the resiliency of the electric power grid to prevent large-scale outa
 ges [Link]\nOptimize building efficiency using IOT and ICS data with autom
 ated demand-response markets [Link]\nModel climate change and impacts to c
 ivilization [Link]\nHunt for the existence of dark matter to understand th
 e nature of the universe [Link]\nThis position is based in Seattle, WA, an
 d requires an on-site presence Monday through Thursday, with Friday as req
 uired by business needs.\n\nRegistration Category: Technical Program Reg P
 ass, Workshop Reg Pass, Tutorial Reg Pass, Exhibits Reg Pass\n\nCountry: U
 nited States of America\n\nCompany: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory\
 n\nIn-Person / Remote: In-person\n\nPart Time / Full Time: Full Time\n\nPo
 sition Type: Permanent\n\n
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