We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to work on maritime route optimization, vessel performance modeling, and voyage analysis capabilities for U.S. Government and defense customers.
This is a hands-on software engineering role working directly on the software that models vessel performance and evaluates candidate maritime routes.
Depending on the problem, you may be refining optimization algorithms, translating vessel performance and fuel-consumption models into software, building simulation and evaluation tooling, or improving how route recommendations are scored and explained.
You’ll work on problems involving:
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Maritime voyage optimization and route evaluation
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Vessel performance and fuel-consumption modeling across varying operating and environmental conditions
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Voyage constraints, transit time, fuel efficiency, and operational considerations
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Optimization algorithms and the software that supports them
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Simulation and evaluation capabilities used to understand optimizer behavior and route quality
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Clear, explainable results that allow users to understand and evaluate optimization recommendations
You’ll contribute to both existing Sofar technology and new software developed for government maritime applications as these capabilities evolve.
Maritime route optimization means balancing competing considerations: fuel consumption, transit time, vessel performance, environmental conditions, voyage constraints, and operational needs.
You’ll collaborate with engineers, product experts, and maritime domain specialists to translate those real-world problems into practical software solutions.
Your work will focus on the core engineering behind voyage analysis and optimization — improving models, algorithms, simulation capabilities, and the software that connects them — with the goal of producing recommendations that are useful, understandable, and defensible.
Our optimization, modeling, and simulation software includes Rust and Python. You may work across both high- and low-level languages while contributing to algorithms, models, services, APIs, testing, and related software components.
This position supports U.S. Department of Defense customers. Candidates should be comfortable working on technology used in defense and military applications. Previous defense experience is not required.