👋🏼 Hey!

Bitwise is a leading provider of mission-focused intelligence solutions that advance national security for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. We’re a small and growing company, so you can expect to hop in on the ground floor with us and be a consequential member of the team. You'll be more than a contract performer for us – you’ll also be asked for ideas to improve our company and improve your career, and you’ll contribute to our team culture. We value growth and community above almost all else, so we gather regularly for game nights, happy hours, tech talks, and plenty more. We think you’ll like it here!

Remember, Bitwise is not a cult. 🖖🏼

🎯 What We Look For

Bitwise hires talented engineers who are driven by purpose and who value a culture of technical excellence, growth, and overall wellness. We deliver new and innovative intelligence solutions to our customers at the very forefront of our country’s national security missions. And we do it every single day. Our work matters, and so will you.
We ask that every new hire be able to:

• Interact with our customers and earn their confidence in your abilities
• Be detailed, even if that means taking a little more time to get it right
• Contribute their ideas and ideals to improve all aspects of our company
• Allow us to invest in their education so we both grow together
• Know and live our core values every single day

💡 About this Role

Join our dynamic team as a Software Engineer and Exploitation Capability Integrator, where you'll architect, implement and deploy cutting-edge solutions that drive actionable mission-critical intelligence. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams of analysts, operators, dataflow experts, and mobile engineers to modernize systems while building scalable, automated solutions that operate across classified and unclassified networks. This role offers the unique opportunity to drive end-to-end innovation from requirements gathering through deployment monitoring. You'll be at the forefront of operationalizing mobile technologies directly impacting mission success through your technical expertise. Working in a fast-paced environment, you'll tackle challenging problems that require creative solutions to automate mobile workflows and reduce operational complexity. This position combines hands-on development with strategic thinking, making you a key contributor to our mission-focused mobile technology initiatives that deliver real-world impact.
 
Responsibilities will include:

• Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify software designs that bring together mission capabilities through the use of existing frameworks, mission management and exploitation solutions.
• Proactively engage with customers to drive holistic end-to-end solutions.
• Develop software to operationalize and deploy mobile capabilities in production.
• Automate solution deployments through the use of scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Maintain code baselines across classified and special access networks.
• Modernize, maintain and support deployed systems.
• Enhance observability, monitoring, and health reporting of deployed solutions.
• Devise new solutions to further automate and reduce complexity of supported systems.

📋 Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Candidates without a current clearance will not be considered.
• Production-grade software development experience in Python.
• Experience with deployment and management of services in a variety of hosting environments including Linux and MacOS.
• Experience applying modern software techniques to build scalable and reliable software solutions in production (e.g., incremental design, modularity, canary testing, feature flags).
• Knowledge of C2 systems, SIGINT dataflow and standardized data schemas.
• Experience with service interrogation, networking and public-facing APIs.
• Infrastructure-as-Code and service containerization and deployment with Docker.
• Familiarity with Git (e.g., BitBucket, GitLab).
• Atlassian tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, etc.).
• Twelve (12) years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or 4 additional years may substitute for a degree.
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🌟 Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience using command line interfaces to interact with mobile devices (e.g., Android Debug Bridge, etc.) to query device attributes and automate mobile device functions.
• Experience performing vulnerability research and protocol analysis (network traffic, OS events).
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• Experience with additional programming languages (C/C++).

🏝️ Benefits at Bitwise

• Top salaries because we're top performers
• Pick your PTO – Everyone values time and money differently, so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay. Your choice, your balance.
• All 11 federal holidays, paid!
• Up to 2 snow days, paid!
• We’ll quadruple (4x!) the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k), giving you up to a 24% company match. Contributing less than 6%? Unclaimed matches come right back to you as extra income, giving you a guaranteed 24% that goes to your retirement, to your paycheck, or both. C’mon now! 🚀
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances. That’s a lot. Already covered on health insurance? No problem – we’ll trade you this benefit for a boost to your salary instead.
• $5,250 annual education assistance for training, certifications, tuition, and even student loan repayments. 
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and just about anything else that makes us go "Hot damn!". We hope to say that many times about you. 🔥

💰 Salary Range

This position is hourly. We estimate you'll earn between $250,000 and $290,000 annually, including our flex income, depending upon your annual work hours.

🛎️ What to expect after applying

You'll get an email from us right away to acknowledge your application. After that, we'll:

• Send over additional company materials for you to review
• Schedule a video call to talk about you, our company, and your place in it
• Craft a delightful offer package for you and record a video walkthrough
• Work closely with you through onboarding. We’ll keep it joyful and easy.

ℹ️ Disclaimers

Bitwise is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Compensation for this position, including all compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process.

If you require accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our excellent Head of Growth and Talent Acquisition, Janine Hunter, at janine.hunter@bitwise.tech for assistance.