IT029 PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

ADNET Systems invites applications for a position as Principal Software Engineer, to work as a contractor under the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. This will be a HALF TIME position starting as soon as possible – salary to commensurate with experience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Scientific Computing, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in scientific, geospatial, or high-performance computing domains.
• Proven track record designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale software systems for scientific applications or research workflows.
• Deep expertise in Python and C++ (or equivalent languages), with experience building modular, extensible, and performant software.
• Self-motivated professional who thrives with minimal oversight while actively contributing to team success
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions efficiently
• Clear and effective communication with ability to create useful technical documentation
• Ability to pass government background check
• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 1 Investigation through NASA.
  Team ADNET brings over 30+ years of experience to information systems and professional services for the federal government. With a history of expertise in software development, computer network design, IT security, mission operations support, and educational outreach, Team ADNET is deeply embedded in the Space and Earth Science at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD.
  ADNET Systems, Inc. is working with Goddard Space Flight Center to fulfill NASA’s vision for space exploration, and working with the Science and Exploration Directorate to fulfill its many missions.
  ADNET Systems, Inc. is an employee-centric company, committed to providing premier benefits that support our employees and their families. With affordable medical and dental plans coupled with leading disability and life insurance options, ADNET offers our employees the benefits most sought after by today’s professional candidate. Furthermore, our benefits package features the extras that distinguish us from other small businesses, ensuring our high employee retention that our customers appreciate.

Some features of our compensation plans and environment perks include:

• Annual Leave/Sick Leave
• Military and Family Emergency Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonuses
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Direct Deposit Payroll
• 401K Plan with Company Matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Swag bags

• Lead architecture and development of high-performance scientific software systems and computational workflows.
• Collaborate with domain scientists to understand computational requirements and translate them into robust software solutions.
• Optimize numerical models, simulations, or machine learning pipelines on HPC clusters, cloud infrastructure, or GPUs.
• Expert with Model-View-Controller (MVC) software development paradigms.
• Drive modernization efforts of legacy scientific code into maintainable, production-grade systems.
• Support reproducible research through version control, software environment management, and scalable workflows.
• Proven experience in GPU-accelerated programming, with a focus on the NVIDIA RAPIDS ecosystem.
• Deep expertise in using the Ames Stereo Pipeline for digital elevation model (DEM) generation and image processing.
• Hands-on experience integrating and automating workflows with commercial satellite data retrieval APIs.