Job description

Residency All applicants must reside in the United States at the time of application. Overview BigBear.ai is seeking a Application Developer to join exciting, up-and-coming projects where you will design, develop, prototype, modify, and integrate solutions to deliver mission-centric results. In this role, you will work closely with analysts, operators, data scientists, and other software engineers to provide tactical mission support. This fast-paced and dynamic environment demands a flexible, highly motivated engineer with a strong desire to learn new skills and tackle evolving challenges that are critical to national security. If you are passionate about reverse engineering, embedded development, and solving complex problems, this is the opportunity for you. What you will do • Toolset Augmentation: Enhance and augment existing toolsets to meet mission requirements • Requirements Analysis: Derive, document, and analyze requirements to ensure alignment with mission objectives • Prototyping: Build prototypes to demonstrate understanding of mission requirements and validate concepts • Toolset Development: Produce end toolsets that can operate effectively within mission constraints • Customer Collaboration: Work with customer leadership to build relationships and enable mission success What you need to have • Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph • Education & Experience: • 7-12 years of experience with a B.S. or 10 years with an M.S . (4 additional years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree) • Technical Expertise: • Experience developing CNO-specific software for Linux, Windows, and Embedded applications • Demonstrated expert proficiency in reverse engineering, especially with Ghidra • Proficiency in producing and modifying software systems in C, C++, Python, Rust, and Go • Deep experience with Vulnerability Research and Exploit Development • Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems • Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations • Familiarity with Git and Subversion • Experience with Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence) • Willingness to learn new technologies and systems to meet mission objectives What we'd like you to have • Programming Skills: Experience with any of the following: Java, JavaScript, Go, Bash, Assembly (x86 and x64), PowerShell, Perl, C# • Cryptologic Development: Cryptologic development experience Pay transparency Please note the targeted compensation range is provided as an estimate, and any actual compensation offer may vary depending on the needs of the company, or an applicant's skillset, competencies, experience, education, certifications, location, or other factors. The estimated range does not include the value of any benefits offered. About BigBear.ai BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit bigbear.ai and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai. BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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All applicants must reside in the United States at the time of application.
Toolset Augmentation: Enhance and augment existing toolsets to meet mission requirements
Requirements Analysis: Derive, document, and analyze requirements to ensure alignment with mission objectives
Prototyping: Build prototypes to demonstrate understanding of mission requirements and validate concepts
Toolset Development: Produce end toolsets that can operate effectively within mission constraints
Customer Collaboration: Work with customer leadership to build relationships and enable mission success
What you need to have
Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Education & Experience: • 7-12 years of experience with a B.S. or 10 years with an M.S . (4 additional years of software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree)
Technical Expertise: • Experience developing CNO-specific software for Linux, Windows, and Embedded applications
Demonstrated expert proficiency in reverse engineering, especially with Ghidra
Proficiency in producing and modifying software systems in C, C++, Python, Rust, and Go
Deep experience with Vulnerability Research and Exploit Development
Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems
Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations
Familiarity with Git and Subversion
Experience with Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence)
Willingness to learn new technologies and systems to meet mission objectives
What we'd like you to have
Programming Skills: Experience with any of the following: Java, JavaScript, Go, Bash, Assembly (x86 and x64), PowerShell, Perl, C#
Cryptologic Development: Cryptologic development experience

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