Software Engineer

LOCATION: Remote
FLSA: Exempt
DIVISION: Technology
DEPARTMENT: Technology
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The NCMEC Technology Division is seeking a creative and self-motivated Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. In this position, you will use your skills and passion to help combat child exploitation and survivor revictimization in a dynamic, progressive, and technology-driven environment. You’ll also be part of an expert engineering team that highly values collaboration, empowerment, innovation, and a team-centric mentality.
You and your team will be challenged to conceive and implement well-designed solutions for complex problems relating to everything from real-time media processing to graph analysis, all at big data scale and using a variety of cutting-edge technologies and techniques. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with other engineers from software industry leaders like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon on pioneering technologies that keep kids safe online. The tools you and your team build will be used to automatically enrich and connect vast amounts of data, will support the evolving needs of NCMEC analysts, and will be used by technology companies and law enforcement agencies all over the world.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Write well designed, testable, efficient code.
Develop innovative ideas and solutions for complex operational and technical challenges.
Rapidly iterate on new and existing applications to enhance and extend capabilities while ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
Participate in the full software development lifecycle as part of a high performing Scrum team.
Partner with technology industry leaders (Facebook, Google, Palantir, Amazon, Adobe, Intel, etc.) and domestic and international law enforcement agencies to help detect and prevent child exploitation.
Function as a domain expert on information systems
Assist in the review and refinement of software requirements.
Assist with identifying and implementing process improvements to existing business and IT processes that will increase operating efficiencies.
Assist in the evaluation of technical solutions for the Technology Division and provide detailed estimates to support the planning efforts of the operational divisions.
Participate in code reviews to ensure applications support existing architecture and framework guidelines and adhere to high quality coding standards.
Respond to and assist in the resolution of production issues as needed, with the rare occurrence of support required after hours.
Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of highly sensitive material, information, and processes.