Software Engineer IV

ICONMA is seeking a Software Engineer IV for their Remote location. The role involves applying computer science principles to develop, test, and evaluate software systems, while also managing databases and ensuring the security of information. Responsibilities include writing code, troubleshooting applications, and collaborating with team members to enhance software quality.

Responsibilities:

• The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications
• Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems
• Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system
• Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure
• Approve, schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems
• Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information
• Develop Python scripts to parse and download large datasets from the web in an efficient manner
• Write SQL queries to further process the data
• Write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices
• Troubleshoot and debug software applications
• Ensure software applications meet quality and performance standards
• Provide timely solutions to technical issues
• Document software applications and ensure documentation is up-to-date
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members
• Implement OSS ML research papers. Deep dive into ML infra / GPU / Memory issues

Requirements:

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time
• Strong mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback
• Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue
• Strong knowledge of computer hardware and software
• Knowledge of computer development software as it relates to systems, such as SQL, VisualBasic, etc
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required
• At least done ML, PhD, research engineer role seeking candidate
• Academic and big tech work exp - at least academic and work exp
• Exp in computer vision, research LLM, Video/Audio Multi modal
• LLM background
• GPU, Pytorch, ML infra or ML backend
• Science and ML infra exp needed
• If the candidate has publication in CCPR, ICCCE conferences, NLP conferences, ECCPE
• Implemented open source research, published paper etc are major criteria
• Research, backend ML infra
• Onboard OSS models and build data curation pipelines using those OSS ML models
• 6+ years of experience (or equivalent) in research engineering, ML engineering, or systems/software engineering with ML implementation work
• Coding background in Python, PyTorch and SQL
• Publications of their work and experience giving presentations at top conferences showcasing their research
• Soft Skills - Looking for someone that has a high attention to detail, go-getter personality, team player, and problem solver attitude
• No ego's
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Strong proficiency in Python programming language
• Proficient in working with Linux systems and writing shell scripts
• Proficient in writing SQL queries
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Experience working on large-scale software development projects
• ML Experience - at least 2+ years
• Large Scale Data Processing Experience - at least 2+ years
• Leading XFN Projects - at least 2+ year
• Research Experience
• CUDA / Infra / Memory Debugging
• Backend / Frontend
• Degrees/Certifications Required: > MS - ML/AI; PhD
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with web scraping and parsing large datasets
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
• Familiarity with data analytics and machine learning concepts