Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack software for critical software initiatives, particularly those supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community contracts.
• Build and operate distributed backend services, cloud systems, APIs, data pipelines, and radar task orchestration capabilities.
• Translate stakeholder and customer needs into engineering requirements and participate in design and requirements discussions.
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Own critical systems and services through the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
• Use generative AI to improve software quality and security and influence the Cloud Software team's technical direction.

Requirements

• Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance and experience delivering missions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building cloud-based systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar programming language.
• Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud environments and containerized deployments.
• Expertise with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL and message brokers such as Kafka or SQS.
• Experience with observability and CI/CD practices and willingness to participate in on-call rotations.
• Preferred qualifications include TypeScript or JavaScript frontend experience, Kubernetes experience, U.S. federal systems deployment, AI/ML or orbital mechanics background, and experience in high-availability or mission-critical environments.
• Must be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State ITAR authorizations.

Benefits

• Remote position for candidates located in the Washington, DC metro area, with periodic SCIF access required.
• Flexible remote/hybrid opportunities.
• Unlimited paid time off for most roles.
• Competitive salary and equity packages.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Opportunity to work on complex space operations, defense, and national security missions.