Sr. Application Developer

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:

• Contribute meaningful thought leadership — if not right away, over time
• 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

You will act as an embedded developer/general-purpose CNO software engineer for up-and-coming projects where you will design, develop, prototype, modify, and integrate solutions to provide mission-centric results. You will work closely with analysts, operators, data scientists and other software engineers to provide mission tactical support. This fast paced and dynamic environment demands a flexible, highly-motivated engineer with a strong desire to learn new skills and tackle evolving challenges that are critical to national security.

• Augment existing toolsets.
• Derive, document, and analyze requirements.
• Build prototypes to demonstrate understanding of mission requirements.
• Produce end toolsets that can operate within mission constraints.
• Be able to work with customer leadership to build relationships to help enable and improve mission success.

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Candidates without a current clearance will not be considered.
• Experience with developing CNO specific software in Linux/Windows/Embedded Applications, with a demonstrated expert proficiency in reverse engineering.
• Experience with Reverse Engineering, especially with Ghidra.
• Produce and modify software systems in C, C++, Python, Rust, and Go.
• Provide support for fielded software systems.
• Familiarity with Git and Subversion.
• Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Deep experience with Vulnerability Research and Exploit development.
• Knowledge of end-to‑end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• Be willing to learn new technologies and systems to meet mission objectives
• Twelve (12) years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or a Master’s degree with 10 years of experience (4 additional years of experience may substitute for a degree).
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• Experience with any of the following:
  Java, JavaScript, Go, Bash, Assembly (both x86 and x64), Power Shell, Perl, C#.
• Cryptologic development experience.

• 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!".

This position is hourly. We estimate you’ll earn between $250,000 and $315,000 annually, including our flex income, depending upon your annual work hours.

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