Sr. Engineer - Safety Analytics, Tools & Databases

Replies within 24 hours Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Donation matching
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Training & development
• Tuition assistance
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources

Location: Fully Remote (United States); occasional travel for stakeholder meetings and integration testing

Employment Type: Full-Time


About AKIVA

AKIVA is an AI-native engineering firm specializing in enterprise services, domain-specific solutions, and high-performance infrastructure from strategy through deployment. We build innovative systems that drive measurable results for commercial enterprises and government agencies. AKIVA is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).


Position Overview

AKIVA is seeking a senior engineer with strong computer science and data engineering depth to lead development, maintenance, and enhancement of safety analytics and database tools for the FAA Air Traffic Organization. You will work across SQL and noSQL databases, web applications, and analytical workflows that power Safety Risk Management, Top Safety Priorities, and the Safety Management Tracking System (SMTS). The role is hands-on technical and policy-aware: it suits a senior software engineer or data engineer who is comfortable producing safety-grade code, dashboards, and reports that brief FAA executives.


Key Responsibilities

·         Develop, test, and maintain reporting capabilities for FAA safety databases and tools, including the Safety Management Tracking System (SMTS), the Independent Safety Assessment Information System, the In-Service Review Checklist Tool, and the Systematic Air Traffic Operations Research Initiative (SATORI) playback system

·         Build and maintain databases and tools related to requirements, evidence, findings, corrective actions, and priorities using SQL (Oracle, SQL Server), noSQL, Microsoft Access, ColdFusion, Java, Python, C++, and Bootstrap

·         Implement access protections for external organizations to maintain audit data with appropriate access permissions

·         Retrieve, transform, and convert documentation between source systems and required formats (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PDF)

·         Perform quantitative analysis for risk estimates, including data identification, data merging, preprocessing, statistical modeling, supervised learning (classification, regression), unsupervised learning (clustering, anomaly detection), and collision risk analysis

·         Support the Barrier Analysis Review process, including report development and qualitative analysis

·         Develop and validate code and testing software, including machine-learning and statistical models; verify fulfillment of requirements, suitability/effectiveness, data integrity, and accuracy of analyses

·         Build and maintain dashboards, web content, and graphical analytics that present safety information to FAA executives

·         Maintain, develop, and propose enhancements for SMTS, including system administration, data migration from legacy systems, and streamlined data-entry business processes

·         Develop, test, implement, and maintain SATORI playback capabilities supporting litigation, search and rescue, training, quality assurance, pilot inquiries, and trend analysis

·         Apply ATO Common Taxonomy to existing Safety Risk Management efforts in SMTS and analyze SMTS data to identify trends and tracking issues

·         Ensure all deliverables are Section 508 compliant


Required Qualifications

·         Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field

·         8+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering

·         5+ years building and maintaining production database and analytics applications, including hands-on SQL development on Oracle and/or SQL Server

·         Demonstrated experience with Python (data analysis, machine learning) and Java

·         Demonstrated experience with statistical modeling, supervised and unsupervised learning, and applied data visualization

·         Experience integrating, migrating, and reconciling data across legacy and modern systems

·         Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to engage directly with technical and policy stakeholders

·         Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verificati