Software Engineer 2 – Full Stack, UI/UX, Python

About

This high-priority role supports the RECON team within CNO, focusing on technical solutions that deliver immediate operational impact. You will operate in a highly collaborative capacity across multiple product teams to design and implement mission‑critical systems. As part of a small team, you will work to establish end‑to‑end prototypes, develop requirements, and contribute to existing and new systems to improve infrastructure cognizance.

This will include working directly with mission stakeholders to rapidly iterate on requirements, with the goal of delivering deployable solutions and necessary scripting support quickly.

Responsibilities

• Understand the customers’ mission, collaborate with team members, gather user requirements, and quickly develop solutions.
• Independently drive feature development taking ownership of the entire development lifecycle.
• Integrate with, and contribute to, a diverse set of teams, systems, and technology stacks.
• Design and create reliable, intuitive user interfaces and workflows.
• Develop cutting‑edge solutions for data visualizations, task automation, and workflow enhancements.

Position Required Skills

• Technology flexibility, demonstrated by experience developing across the stack (UI/UX, middleware/API, back‑end, and Dev Ops), and a willingness to use any necessary technology to achieve the solution.
• Experience developing with at least one UI framework (React, Vue, Angular).
• Experience writing scripts and services in Python.
• RESTful web application experience using both Spring Boot and Python.
• Familiarity with Relational Databases (Postgres, SQLite, etc.).
• Familiarity with Git Lab CI/CD.

Position Desired Skills

• Prior CNO experience.
• Knowledge of end‑to‑end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• 8 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.

Salary Range

$191k–$234k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Benefits

• 24 days PTO accrued annually
• 11 federal holidays
• 401k is 100% vested on your start date
• Company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary
• Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees
• 50% toward dependents' healthcare costs
• Educational assistance towards college classes
• Coverage for job‑related training and certifications

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.