Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Building Systems, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Computer Architecture, Computer Hardware, Computer Science, Customer Support/Service, Data Processing, Detail Oriented, Document Management, Embedded Systems, Hardware Architecture, Image Processing, Life Insurance, Linux Operating System, Machine Learning, MySQL, Pattern Matching, Performance Tuning/Optimization, PostgreSQL, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Realtime Communications, SQL (Structured Query Language), SQLite, Security Clearance, Signal Processing, Software Architecture, Software Development, Software Engineering, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), System Architecture, Team Player, United States Citizen
LOCATION
Durham, NC
POSTED
25 days ago
Software Engineer
About CoVar
CoVar is a small, mission-driven AI/ML R&D software company based in Durham, NC and McLean, VA. We build advanced software and machine learning systems that help the Department of Defense detect threats in high-stakes environments and enable biomedical researchers to accelerate discoveries that save lives. Our team is composed of curious, passionate engineers who care deeply about using AI to solve real-world problems that matter.
About this position
We are looking for a motivated, detail-oriented Software Engineer who thrives in an environment where reading, understanding, and improving complex codebases is just as important as writing new code. In this role, you will develop and maintain real-time, computationally intensive applications involving data processing, real-time communications, and machine-learning algorithm integration.
You'll work closely with a team of ML engineers and software developers, contribute to system architecture and performance optimization, and help ensure our tools are robust, efficient, and production ready. You will have the opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact projects in a close-knit engineering team. If you enjoy building systems end-to-end, optimizing performance, and understanding how software interacts with hardware at a deep level, you'll fit right in.
Important Note:
This is a software engineering role and not a prompt engineering role. Candidates with strong LLM prompting skills but limited understanding of software engineering fundamentals will not be successful here.
Minimum qualifications
B.S. in Computer Science or related field, preferably M.S., Ph.D, and/or 3+ years of experience
Expertise in Python with a minimum of two years of demonstrated hands-on professional development experience and exposure to scientific/computational libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.