Backend Developer; TS​/SCI

Position: Backend Developer (TS/SCI Required)
# Backend Developer (TS/SCI Required)
Accrete Full Timemid Alexandria, Virginia, US $150k – $190k Posted Yesterday##

Role Overview Accrete is hiring a mid-level Backend Developer (TS/SCI Required). This is a full-time role in Alexandria. Part of Accrete's Backend hiring, posted yesterday. The posted range is $150k to $190k. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.## Salary Context

This role offers $150k-$190k. The median for Mid-level Backend roles is $115k-$167k (based on 72 listings). 21% above median.## Resume Keywords to Include Make sure these keywords appear in your resume to improve ATS scoring

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Job Description Office

Location:

Alexandria, VATS/SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph required

Accrete is a dual-use AI software company that licenses its Knowledge Engine Platform and Expert AI Agents to government and enterprise clients. The platform creates a unified semantic representation of an organization’s ground truth—capturing tacit domain knowledge, understanding contextual relevance, and connecting information silos—enabling expert agents to reason across complex data and support high-stakes decisions with confidence.

From national security to commercial use cases, Accrete delivers mission-critical decision intelligence and automation on a single platform.

Position

Description:

Accrete seeks a self-motivated and results-oriented team player to develop, troubleshoot, and improve our artificial intelligence products. This position will work on client-facing products hosted on and off their networks, ingesting large amounts of data for near real-time analysis. A successful candidate in this position will have a collaborative-first approach to solving technical problems by seeking help from more knowledgeable team mates.###

Responsibilities
* Play a key role in architectural and design discussions for existing and prospective AI/ML software packages
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable and maintainable software systems
* Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to meet project requirements.
* Write complex, maintainable code and contribute to the development of critical system components.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in the codebase.
* Collaborate with other engineers on coding, testing, and debugging efforts.
* Execute software development projects, ensuring timely delivery and meeting quality standards
* Work closely with product, UX/UI, and research to understand business requirements
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate software components into larger systems
* Collaborate with quality assurance teams to ensure thorough testing of software components
* Implement and advocate for automated testing practices to improve overall product quality
* Create and maintain technical documentation for code, design, and architecture
* Ensure that documentation is up-to-date and accessible to team members
* Analyze complex technical problems and propose effective solutions
* Act as a point of escalation for technical issues and provide timely resolutions
* Stay informed about new technologies and share knowledge with the team.### Skills
* 10+ years in software development with at least 5 years as a software architect
* Proven experience in the technology product industry, demonstrating a deep understanding of product development and innovation
* Experience in developing and delivering modern Software as a Service (SaaS) products.
* Strong understanding of cloud-native scalable systems, particularly on private clouds in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
* Demonstrated expertise with Python and common libraries used in data manipulation and and web application development
* Additional experience with compiled languages like (Go, Rust, C/C++, Java)
* Demonstrated expertise in multiple common architectural components like: caching, operational data backends, distributed application orchestration
* Strong experience in auth/authz architectures and technologies: LDAP,…