Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.
Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.
We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.
As a Senior Principal CNO Engineer, you will lead capability development and vulnerability research within an agile team building a prototype access generation pipeline for a key national security customer. In this role, you’ll leverage your background in zero-day/N-day exploit research, CNO tooling, and AI-driven workflow development to design and build the future of automated vulnerability discovery and productization.
Role Expectations
- Lead the design and development of an AI-driven end-to-end exploit discovery, productization, and delivery system
- Coordinate efforts of other engineers and security researchers, and construct appropriate team technical practices and infrastructure to ensure quality quarterly deliveries
- Collaborate across teams to productize and integrate existing targeting data, tools, and infrastructure as needed to meet mission customer’s needs
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands-on experience in a software engineer or similar full-time position
- 10+ years of experience as a CNO developer and/or security researcher
- Proficiency in C, Python, Go, and JavaScript or TypeScript
- Deep understanding of cyber operations tradecraft and software architectures
- Experience implementing and evaluating agentic AI workflows for complex software tasks
- Demonstrated ability in leading a team and communicating with external stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications (in addition to the required qualifications)
- Mobile or browser development or vulnerability research experience
- Experience as a cyber operator or analyst
- Exposure to Intelligence Community mission sets and customers
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or four years of equivalent hands-on software engineering experience
- 10+ years of experience as a CNO developer and/or security researcher
- Proficiency in C, Python, Go, and JavaScript or TypeScript
- Deep understanding of cyber operations tradecraft and software architectures
- Experience implementing and evaluating agentic AI workflows for complex software tasks
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team and communicate with external stakeholders
- Mobile or browser development or vulnerability research experience
- Experience as a cyber operator or analyst
- Exposure to Intelligence Community mission sets and customers
Clarity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clarity and has not been reviewed or approved by Clarity.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered strong, with multiple references to “good” or “excellent” compensation. Salary snapshots for engineering and platform roles depict robust pay across multiple seniority levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside mental‑health support and wellness programs. The breadth of core offerings indicates comprehensive health support for individuals and families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions cover company holidays, PTO, and defined leaves such as parental, bereavement, and jury duty. This range of leave types supports common personal and family needs.
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What We Do
Clarity Innovations designs, develops, and deploys force-enhancing software that links human ingenuity to powerful computing and makes our country and our world a better, safer place. Our principles of servant leadership, mutual respect, and technological excellence enable us to thrive on the challenges of the digital frontline. Clarity is focused on helping the Government redefine its relationship with technology by encouraging the use of DevSecOps and Agile methodologies, small-teams constructs, and process automation. To create an atmosphere that embraces the challenges inherent in progress, we honor creativity and curiosity, supporting exploration and growth with modern tech stacks and methodologies. We are as much a family as we are a team, collectively engineering technology that improves the lives and work of the people who use it. We empower our people with the tools, training, and vision they need to outperform the competition.
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