Babel Street is the trusted technology partner for the world’s most advanced identity intelligence and risk operations. We deliver advanced AI and data analytics solutions providing unmatched, analysis-ready data regardless of language, proactive risk identification, 360-degree insights, high-speed automation, and seamless integration into existing systems. Babel Street empowers government and commercial organizations to transform high-stakes identity and risk operations into a strategic advantage. The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world. Babel Street is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with regional offices in Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH, and international offices in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, and the U.Babel Street is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Analytics Group. This is a high-impact Individual Contributor role for a "builder" who wants to create the next generation of architecture and components for our analytics platform. You will work at the intersection of NLP algorithms, high-scale search engines, and data science techniques, focusing specifically on evolving our record matching functionality.
While this is an execution-focused role today, we are looking for a technical expert who wants to master a critical domain and has the drive to grow into a leadership position as our platform expands. You will help identify future technology directions and help us create the "next wave" of software for record matching.
The record matching functionality is where Babel Street’s signals become usable intelligence. By reconciling complex data points across disparate sources, your work ensures our customers can move from signal to insight with the highest level of trust.
You'll build systems where every match is defensible, auditable, and tunable, a rare luxury in modern ML-heavy stacks.
Do you speak multiple languages and want to have a chance to use that in your day-to-day activities?
Since our platform is multilingual and can match records across languages, your linguistic insights can directly inform how we build and polish the NLP and computational linguistics components that make our record matching world-class
Build and Polish: Create new architecture and components for the analytics platform, specifically driving the evolution of record matching.
Research and prototype new technologies to improve platform performance and define the future technical path for your components.
Serve as the primary technical expert for key components, working closely with Product Management to identify and implement critical software improvements.
Raise the bar for the team by mentoring junior engineers and participating in agile sprint and release planning.
Ship Scalable Systems: Design and deliver robust APIs and scalable architectures that integrate seamlessly into our broader AI-native platform.
6+ years of experience in professional Java development.
A strong understanding of Elasticsearch internals, including performance tuning and data modeling.
Strong communication and technical skills, with a passion for designing, building, and polishing innovative applications.
Educational Foundation: Bachelor's degree in technical field.
Month 5-6: Deliver a measurable improvement to record matching quality or Elasticsearch performance and begin identifying the "next wave" of technology for the analytics group.
Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances - for you and your family!
Retirement Plans: Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Babel Street's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.
While this is an execution-focused role today, we are looking for a technical expert who wants to master a critical domain and has the drive to grow into a leadership position as our platform expands. You will help identify future technology directions and help us create the "next wave" of software for record matching.
The record matching functionality is where Babel Street’s signals become usable intelligence. By reconciling complex data points across disparate sources, your work ensures our customers can move from signal to insight with the highest level of trust.
You'll build systems where every match is defensible, auditable, and tunable, a rare luxury in modern ML-heavy stacks.
Do you speak multiple languages and want to have a chance to use that in your day-to-day activities?
Since our platform is multilingual and can match records across languages, your linguistic insights can directly inform how we build and polish the NLP and computational linguistics components that make our record matching world-class
Build and Polish: Create new architecture and components for the analytics platform, specifically driving the evolution of record matching.
Research and prototype new technologies to improve platform performance and define the future technical path for your components.
Serve as the primary technical expert for key components, working closely with Product Management to identify and implement critical software improvements.
Raise the bar for the team by mentoring junior engineers and participating in agile sprint and release planning.
Ship Scalable Systems: Design and deliver robust APIs and scalable architectures that integrate seamlessly into our broader AI-native platform.
6+ years of experience in professional Java development.
A strong understanding of Elasticsearch internals, including performance tuning and data modeling.
Strong communication and technical skills, with a passion for designing, building, and polishing innovative applications.
Educational Foundation: Bachelor's degree in technical field.
Month 5-6: Deliver a measurable improvement to record matching quality or Elasticsearch performance and begin identifying the "next wave" of technology for the analytics group.
Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances - for you and your family!
Retirement Plans: Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Babel Street's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.