CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.

Role Overview

CHAOS is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our team and help us build the next generation of sensor infrastructure. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll work in multiple parts of the stack and take on responsibility for large parts of the product.

Responsibilities

Develop software that runs the CHAOS products – everything from the backend endpoints to the system diagnostics, operation, analysis, and testing
As an early engineer on a growing team, define major parts of our software stack, including choice of frameworks and systems
Backend engineering, primarily in python, to build the services that power our product
Frontend engineering, primarily in typescript and react, to build the user interfaces
Mentor other engineers as the team grows, and work with engineering leadership to define longer term roadmaps
Support and collaborate with system, software, and hardware engineers
Periodic travel to our other offices in LA, Washington DC, and London

Minimum Requirements

Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in software development using python, typescript, or equivalent
Experience with modern software practices like git, unit tests, CI/CD, release management, etc
Experiencing building, testing, and supporting major systems in production

Preferred Requirements

Development experience in Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
Experience with data engineering/big data analysis
Familiarity with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test Driven Development Methodologies
Experience with Software Defined Radios (e.g. Ettus)
Experience with 2D and 3D Visualization ideally in defense use cases
Experience with SW development tools enforcing SW-development best practices (e.g. linting, code coverage, code quality/security scanning, doc gen, etc.)
Experience with SW Design, code, integration, and test of production systems
Experience with git
Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms
Experience with additional languages such as Rust, NodeJS, Java, Bash, etc.
Work with the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware (e.g. computers, switches, Software-Defined Radios, etc.)

Why CHAOS?

Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
Our Perks: free lunch every day, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code, beautiful office location in Hermosa Beach with ocean views!
Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
Company Size: 60 employees and counting!
More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which we’ve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of September, 2023 we have raised ~$100M with 8VC as a leading investor. With a managing team that includes Epirus’ founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!

Salary Range:$130k - $210k

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.