Software Engineer

Sourceree is hiring two Software Engineers to support the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Readiness at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, test, deploy, and sustain Maven-based applications, workflows, interfaces, and analytic tools.
• Translate user needs, mission workflows, and readiness requirements into practical application designs and prioritized product increments.
• Build intuitive dashboards, forms, visualizations, and user experiences for accessing and acting on approved data and analytics.
• Integrate Maven applications with approved data products, validated analytical models, and Government-hosted services.
• Run iterative prototyping, demonstrations, user feedback sessions, and technical testing with Government stakeholders.
• Address defects, performance issues, and user feedback while following security, configuration-management, and change-control practices.
• Perform exploratory, descriptive, predictive, and scenario-based readiness analyses using readiness-related data.
• Develop, validate, and refine analytical models, metrics, and measures for strategic readiness assessment and decision-making.
• Translate senior-leader questions into analytical approaches, assumptions, data needs, and usable outputs.
• Create analytical narratives, briefing materials, and visualizations that communicate findings, limitations, and implications.
• Collaborate with data engineers to define data requirements, evaluate data quality, and improve analytical usability of source data.
• Support rapid-response analyses, special reports, and readiness-related products as directed.
• Work with technical teams and mission stakeholders to incorporate validated models and analytics into Maven-based products.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation (application documentation, release notes, test artifacts, analytical methods, assumptions, data sources, model limitations, validation results as applicable).
• Support knowledge transfer, user training, and continuity for Government users and sustainment personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical or quantitative field.
• 5+ years demonstrated experience in one or both tracks:
  • Application development: building and sustaining web-based or enterprise applications; translating user needs into functional designs; delivering iterative releases using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, APIs, SQL, and Git.
  • Data science and analytics: using Python, R, SQL, or similar tools to prepare and analyze data; develop and validate analytical approaches; communicate findings, data-quality concerns, and limitations through briefings or visual products.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including translating mission requirements into practical solutions and explaining technical information to varied audiences.
• Preferred: experience with Palantir Maven, Foundry, Gotham, or comparable platforms; Government or national-security decision support; and depending on focus, user-centered design, DevSecOps, advanced analytical modeling, or an advanced quantitative degree.
• Onsite work arrangement.
• Travel: <5%.
• Security clearance: Active Secret clearance required.

Technologies

• Palantir Maven
• Palantir Foundry
• Palantir Gotham
• Python
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Java
• APIs
• SQL
• Git
• R
• DevSecOps

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience; please provide expectations when submitting your resume.
• PTO, paid holidays, and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability coverage at no cost to the employee (additional cost for dependents).
• 401(k) with generous company match.
• Employee Referral Bonus.
• Tenure Bonus.

Purpose and Values

• Embrace innovation and challenge the status quo.
• Deliver quality work through quality communication.
• Foster a culture of trust, respect, kindness, and joy.

About the Role

• Sourceree is seeking two Software Engineers with complementary strengths in application development, data science, or a blend of these disciplines to support the Department of War’s Readiness effort.
• Help turn complex readiness information into intuitive applications, validated analytics, and practical decision-support tools for senior Government leaders.
• Develop user-centered applications in Palantir Maven and create analytical methods, models, and visual products to support readiness understanding across multiple data sources, time horizons, and mission requirements.
• Hiring includes two people with complementary skill sets; not every applicant must meet every technical requirement listed.
• Responsibilities will be aligned to each selected candidate’s strengths and the team’s overall mission needs.