Mobile/TAK Developer

Description

The company is a technology firm serving the US federal government, and its work spans defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health clients. It has more than 13,000 people.

This is a Mobile/TAK (Tactical Awareness Kit) developer role on an existing team, in a fast-changing setting where new technologies come up often and there is always something new to learn.

The role is fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Android applications and plugins for ATAK and related TAK ecosystem products, working under senior developers.
• Help add Cursor-on-Target (CoT) messaging, map overlays, and situational awareness features to mobile apps.
• Write, test, and debug code that connects to TAK Server APIs.
• Talk with customers and end users, and turn their needs into working software features.
• Produce customer-facing production code from your first day.

Requirements

• 1 to 3 years of native Android development in Java, Kotlin, or both.
• Experience with source control such as Git.
• Some exposure to ATAK plugin work or the wider TAK ecosystem, such as TAK Server, CoT messaging, WinTAK, or iTAK.
• Bonus: familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Bonus: familiarity with geospatial and mapping concepts and symbology standards such as MIL-STD-2525.
• Bonus: experience with static analysis, unit testing, and continuous integration.
• Bonus: experience handling more than one project at a time.
• Bonus: experience building, testing, or integrating in AWS environments.
• Bonus: experience in a RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) development environment.
• Bonus: Windows desktop development outside WinTAK, such as C,.NET, or WPF.
• Bonus: development with Python, Go, or another modern object-oriented language.
• Bonus: working in Linux with a grasp of agile development.
• Bonus: mobile or web application development and REST.

Conditions

Pay is set by location, role, skill set, and experience, and the base pay range for this position in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is $116,000 to $139,700 USD.

Pay ranges for these locations are shared because local law requires it.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no fixed deadline.

The company welcomes applicants of every background and provides equal opportunity.

Benefits

• A broad range of benefits is offered.
• Opportunities to grow through hands-on work, certifications, and industry training.
• A collaborative, supportive team where you can belong and build your skills.