Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Graph Systems

Role Description

As a Software Engineer on our Research & Development Team, you will help design, build, and scale new data products, infrastructure, and investigative tools from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Head of R&D, you will play a central role in system integration, feature design, and product prioritization while taking direct ownership of core engineering initiatives.

The R&D team is the engine behind Inca’s intelligence platform. We consume, process, store, and analyze massive streams of internal and external data, transforming complex, interconnected datasets into actionable, production-grade APIs, graph analytics, interactive dashboards, and real-time alert systems used directly by our clients.

What You'll Own

• Design, build, and operate end-to-end data infrastructure and solutions for delivering APIs, custom containerized applications, automated alerting/reporting, and graph-based visualizations to federal and commercial clients.
• Model and deploy relational, document, and graph databases for supporting investigative workflows and large-scale network analysis.
• Build resilient ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, normalize, and reconcile structured and semi-structured data from internal databases, REST APIs, blockchain nodes, and third-party feeds.
• Own data quality, lineage, and reproducibility. Our outputs support enforcement actions and litigation, so provenance is a product requirement, not a nice-to-have.
• Automate orchestration, systems integration, and deployment through CI/CD (GitHub Actions) into AWS cloud environments.
• Partner with the Head of R&D, data scientists, and our specialized investigations teams to translate intelligence requirements into production software.
• Make and document architecture decisions, evaluate new technology, and cut through genuinely ambiguous problems spanning crypto, finance, and national security.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python.
• Proven experience designing and operating production data infrastructure and pipelines — systems you were responsible for when they broke, not only contributed to.
• Deep PostgreSQL experience (self-managed or RDS/Aurora), including schema design and query optimization.
• Graph data modeling and network analysis experience.
• Neo4j and Cypher preferred; Neptune or a comparable graph database is fine.
• Comprehensive grasp of architectural trade-offs when deploying graph-based systems, including specific performance advantages and technical limitations.
• Production experience deploying and configuring containerized services to AWS.

Requirements

• You must be able to pass a U.S. Tier 3 background investigation, which under federal rules is generally limited to U.S. citizens.

Nice to Have

• Infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform).
• Go as an additional language.
• An active TS/SCI. We sponsor investigations for candidates without one, and you can begin work before adjudication completes.
• Message queues and event-driven data pipelines (SQS/SNS, Kafka), and search or document stores (OpenSearch, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with blockchain ledger data, smart contracts, or blockchain analytics.
• NLP techniques, LLM integration, or building and evaluating ML models.
• Background in financial services or trading venues, or familiarity with SEC, CFTC, or FinCEN regulatory frameworks.
• Experience operating in FedRAMP, AWS GovCloud, or NIST 800-171 environments.

Benefits

• We operate in a fully remote, high-trust environment and prioritize impact and delivered results over hours logged.
• We offer competitive compensation and healthcare stipend.
• We invest in our people through childcare stipends and dedicated employee assistance resources.
• Join a thought leader at the intersection of national security and digital assets, working with cutting-edge tech that defines the field.

Inclusion & Equal Opportunity

As a veteran-owned company, Inca Digital thrives on diverse perspectives, specifically across race, gender, neurodivergence, and veteran status, to solve complex data challenges. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer; all qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to protected status, including disability or national origin.