akina.catsone.com
Open positions
Full Stack Engineer 3 - (Java, Angular, Linux)
Leads a small team at Fort Meade building and maintaining web apps, workflow automation, and backend analytics supporting NSA's TAO mission, working iteratively in a fast CI/CD environment. Core stack is Java, Angular, and Linux with non-relational databases; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
Full Stack Engineer 3 - (JavaScript, Python, AI)
On-site role (Annapolis Junction, MD; TS/SCI with polygraph) leading a small team building full-stack web apps and agentic AI tools to automate data-gathering and curation workflows for an intelligence-agency customer. Stack centers on JavaScript and Python; listed salary is $241k–$295k.
Software Engineer 0or1 - (C++, JavaScript, Python)
Cleared software engineer (SWE-0 or SWE-1) at Fort Meade developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex systems such as processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithms, large-data manipulation, and real-time systems. C++, JavaScript, and Python preferred; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
Software Engineer 2 - (C++)
C++ software engineer (SWE2) at a government contractor in Fort Meade, MD, developing, maintaining, and testing complex systems such as processing-intensive analytics, large-data manipulation, and real-time systems. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; work centers on a core team doing ingest processing and component development.
Application Developer 2 - (Ghidra, Linux, AI/LLM)
Builds AI/LLM-assisted tooling to automate reverse-engineering workflows — binary analysis, disassembly, annotation, and documentation — using Ghidra/IDA Pro on Linux, experimenting with agentic AI. On-site in Annapolis Junction, MD; TS/SCI with polygraph required; $213k–$260k/year.
Application Developer 3 - (CNO, Reverse Engineering, Ghidra)
Design, develop, and reverse-engineer CNO software for national-security missions at Fort Meade, working in C/C++/Python with Ghidra across Linux/Windows/embedded platforms alongside analysts and operators. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; salary $245k-$299k.
Application Developer 3 - (Reverse Engineering, C/C++, Python)
Reverse engineer / CNO software engineer at Fort Meade, Maryland, designing, prototyping, and maintaining mission software in C/C++ and Python for intelligence community customers, from quick-reaction operational support to full development lifecycles. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; salary $245k-$299k.
Software Engineer 1 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Python)
Software engineer (3+ yrs) on Akina's Platform team in Annapolis Junction, MD (TS/SCI with polygraph), building and maintaining the AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling that a government customer's AI capabilities run on.
Software Engineer 3 - (Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus)
DevOps/platform engineering role building and operating Kubernetes-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Prometheus/Grafana observability to deliver AI/ML capabilities for a government intelligence mission at Annapolis Junction, MD. Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and 12 years of SWE experience.