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title: 'Full-Stack Software Engineer (Data Pipeline Focus) at Neural Solutions'
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# Full-Stack Software Engineer (Data Pipeline Focus) at Neural Solutions

- **Company:** Neural Solutions
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neural-solutions/a6d12fd6-91b7-418e-976e-c0d0fdb65286

## Job description

Description In this role, you'll contribute across the stack: developing ingest pipelines, building scalable REST APIs, and facilitating data exploration and understanding. The platform supports large-scale data ingestion, complex queries, and interactive analysis. While your primary focus will be on the data-pipeline layer, you’ll collaborate closely with other sub-teams to ensure end-to-end functionality and performance. We’re looking for someone excited to work across the system and to improve team processes and tooling, especially for faster integration of new data sources.

## Responsibilities

- Lead the design and implementation of data-processing workflows
- Manage all aspects of the data-processing lifecycle (collection, discovery, analysis, cleaning, modeling, transformation, enrichment, validation)
- Develop and maintain data models and JSON Schemas to ensure integrity and consistency
- Collaborate with analysts and engineers to meet data requirements
- Manage and optimize data storage/retrieval in Elasticsearch and Dgraph (plus MongoDB and Redis)
- Orchestrate dataflow using Apache NiFi
- Mentor teammates on best practices for data processing and software engineering
- Use AI platforms to support hybrid automated/manual data transformation, code generation, and schema management
- Work with analysts, product owners, and engineers to ensure solutions meet operational needs
- Propose and implement process improvements for faster delivery of new data sources

Required Skills & Experience

- Strong data-wrangling and dataflow background (discovery, mining, cleaning, exploration, enrichment, validation)
- Proficiency in JSON and JSON Schemas (or similar)
- Solid data-modeling experience
- Experience with NoSQL databases (Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, graph DBs)
- Familiarity with dataflow tools such as Apache NiFi
- Extensive experience in Python or Java (both preferred)
- Experience using generative AI for code and data transformation
- Git for version control; Maven for build automation
- Comfortable in a Linux development environment
- Familiarity with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)
- Strong communication and teamwork skills

## Nice to Have

- Experience with various corporate data formats
- Knowledge of Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Proficiency in Java/Spring (Boot, MVC/REST, Security, Data)
- AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda) experience
- API design for data services
- Frontend experience (modern JS + Vue.js or similar)
- CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins), automated testing (JUnit)
- Docker, Kubernetes, and other containerization tech
- DevOps tools (Packer, Terraform, Ansible)

## Qualifications

- 12+ years of relevant experience and a B.S. in a technical discipline
- (Four additional years of experience may substitute for a degree)

## About Neural Solutions

## Company Overview

- **One-liner**: Neural Solutions is an elite government contractor that delivers advanced AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity solutions to tackle the nation's most critical national security challenges.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped; no external funding rounds publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- **Founded**: Year not publicly available
- **Founders**: Dontavious Jennings (CEO)

## Core Business

- **Primary Industry**: Software Development, Cybersecurity, AI/ML Services, Government Contracting
- **Target Customers**: U.S. Government agencies and defense organizations (B2G)
- **Mission or Purpose Statement**: To deliver innovative, secure, and mission-focused AI solutions that provide clients with decisive advantages in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

## Products & Services

- **AI & Machine Learning Solutions**: Custom deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, and MLOps services for secure, cleared environments.
- **Cybersecurity Operations**: Threat detection and incident response, security architecture, vulnerability assessment, software security, and critical infrastructure protection (ICS/SCADA).
- **Data Science & Analytics**: Advanced analytics, predictive modeling, big data processing, data engineering, and pipeline optimization.
- **Software Engineering**: Full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, API design, microservices, and secure mobile application development.
- **Mobile Security Research**: Threat intelligence, malware analysis, and custom mobile research solutions tailored to government requirements.
- **Threat Hunting**: Proactive identification of mobile infrastructure threats through analysis of user behavior and network activity.

## Market Standing

- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Small but rapidly growing team (3 employees as of mid-2025, with +100% yearly headcount growth)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed; clients are primarily U.S. government agencies and defense organizations.
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - **+100% headcount growth year-over-year** (from 1 to 3 employees) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neural-solutions-llc)
    - **Active hiring surge**: 4 open positions currently posted, with a +300% monthly increase in job postings [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neural-solutions-llc)
    - Talent drawn from top-tier sources including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the United States Department of War [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neural-solutions-llc)

## Competitive Advantages

- **Elite Talent Focus**: The company explicitly recruits only "exceptional engineers, data scientists, and security experts" with advanced degrees and proven track records [neuralsolutions.ai](https://neuralsolutions.ai/about/).
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Directly contributes to national security and critical infrastructure protection, offering a sense of purpose uncommon in commercial tech.
- **Agility & Security**: Combines a lean, agile approach with security embedded in every process, allowing rapid execution without compromising on compliance.
- **Government Specialization**: Deep understanding of federal compliance standards, operational constraints, and clearance requirements creates a high barrier to entry for competitors.

## Strategic Focus

- **Scaling the Elite Team**: Current priority is aggressive hiring, with 4 active roles for senior engineers with security clearances (Senior Application Developer/Reverse Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer – AI Infrastructure, Senior Software Engineer Full Stack/UI) [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neural-solutions).
- **Deepening AI & Cyber Dominance**: Continued investment in cutting-edge AI/ML and cybersecurity capabilities to solve the hardest problems for defense and intelligence clients.
- **Maintaining a Lean, High-Impact Model**: The company emphasizes a "relentless execution" culture, avoiding bloat in favor of a small, highly effective team.

## Why Work Here

- **Mission Impact**: Work directly contributes to national security and the protection of critical infrastructure — a rare opportunity for engineers and data scientists to see their code make a tangible difference [neuralsolutions.ai](https://www.neuralsolutions.ai/careers).
- **Elite Colleagues**: Join a team of top-tier engineers, data scientists, and security experts who are "passionate about solving hard problems" [neuralsolutions.ai](https://www.neuralsolutions.ai/careers).
- **Cutting-Edge Challenges**: Work on the most advanced AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity problems facing government agencies and defense organizations [neuralsolutions.ai](https://www.neuralsolutions.ai/careers).
- **Growth & Development**: Continuous learning opportunities, exposure to emerging technologies, and clear career advancement in a fast-growing company [neuralsolutions.ai](https://www.neuralsolutions.ai/careers).
- **Work Policy**: Not explicitly stated; all current open positions require a security clearance, suggesting on-site or secure facility work is likely.
- **Culture**: Described as lean, agile, and mission-focused with core values of integrity, excellence, innovation, and security [neuralsolutions.ai](https://neuralsolutions.ai/about/).

## Sources

1. [neuralsolutions.ai](https://neuralsolutions.ai/)
2. [neuralsolutions.ai/about](https://neuralsolutions.ai/about/)
3. [neuralsolutions.ai/services](https://neuralsolutions.ai/services/)
4. [neuralsolutions.ai/careers](https://www.neuralsolutions.ai/careers)
5. [linkedin.com/company/neural-solutions-llc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neural-solutions-llc)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/neural-solutions](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neural-solutions)

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