Apogee Research brings cutting-edge research into practice for the DoD community. We blend agility with rigor to develop new technologies and transition them into operational use. Founded in 2012, Apogee Research brings together cross-discipline teams to solve difficult and often deemed impossible problems across a range of different technical domains. At Apogee Research we work hard, we get things done, and we do it together.
Apogee Research is looking for C++ Software Engineers to lead the creation of capabilities addressing unmet needs in National Security. This work can span many fronts, from developing new capabilities that interface with low-level legacy systems with a light touch or integrating disparate systems that lack a common interface to developing custom toolchains that accelerate the speed of development or developing new approaches to infrastructure that handle heterogeneous deployment needs.
This role is primarily a software development role and includes understanding the problem, designing the software, implementing the software, testing the software and documenting your work (both for other developers and end users), with an emphasis on proper configuration management and associated software engineering best practices to create efficient, reliable, and maintainable code. The role’s focus will vary based on the expertise and desires of the candidate, and you will receive significant oversight and mentorship to ensure high quality work and support your career development.
The position is located in our Arlington, VA office (full-time in person). An existing DoD Top Secret clearance is extremely desirable; otherwise candidates must be eligible to obtain one and therefore all candidates must be US citizens to apply.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience building robust and maintainable software to solve complex problems at scale in C++
• Deep understanding of the C++ language, including extensive experience with memory management and resource utilization, copy/move semantics, RAII principles, etc.
• Understanding of ELF program loading and execution, including dynamic library loading
• Experience analyzing generated machine code behavior and performance, using tools such as low-level debuggers, sanitizers, and CPU and memory profilers
• Experience with state-of-the-art C++ toolchains and ecosystem, including CMake, gcc/clang, gdb/lldb, etc. Experience developing ad-hoc debugging and profiling tools is a plus
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and remain well organized in a fast-paced environment

The details of the position will vary (depending on whether the focus is more on application work vs toolchain development, the domain of the relevant projects, etc.). However, common themes include:

• Performing hands-on technical work including design and development of low-level software, performance profiling, optimization, and general troubleshooting for a variety of software stacks, including C++ and custom DSLs
• Supporting the development of new project-specific Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) and the creation of new backends (targeting native languages such as C90 or C++) and runtime and core library implementations, as well as the design, implementation, and testing of project-specific applications that leverage the core capabilities of the DSLs
• Working in small teams (4 – 8 engineers) to create new capabilities critical to national security, including supporting live demonstrations and testing in lab and at test events
• Mentoring junior team members to foster growth of technical and program expertise
• Learning new technologies and developing fundamentally new approaches as needed