Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, launch, and maintain scalable software solutions that support the Whitespace Answers Platform and the Iris AI ecosystem.

• Create backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and analytical applications utilizing contemporary software engineering methodologies.

• Write clean, efficient, maintainable, and testable code, primarily using Python and Java.

• Collaborate with Agile teams to devise technical solutions for intricate geospatial and data-driven challenges.

• Engage in software releases, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.

• Enhance existing applications through performance improvements, automation, and architectural upgrades.

• Offer technical advice and troubleshooting assistance for software and infrastructure issues.

• Gather, integrate, clean, and analyze extensive geospatial and non-geospatial datasets.

• Develop and implement statistical models, machine learning workflows, and geospatial analytics solutions.

• Design and manage scalable data processing pipelines for both structured and unstructured data.

• Identify trends, anomalies, patterns, and insights within commercial and geospatial datasets.

• Create interactive visualizations and mission-focused analytical products for customer stakeholders.

• Conduct cloud-based data research and large-scale data processing.

• Collaborate with engineering, R&D, and mission teams to craft new analytical capabilities and data products.

• Support initiatives in intelligence, targeting, collection management, geospatial analysis, and activity-based intelligence.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in a software engineering position is required.

• Proven experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production software.

• Strong coding skills with a focus on quality and testability in your work.

• Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and Go.

• Solid understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes.

• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and software configuration management processes/tools (GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, Kubernetes, or similar DevOps/Continuous Integration tools).

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, along with query optimization.

• Skilled in gathering client requirements and resolving workflow challenges through automation optimization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.

• Unlimited PTO.

• Paid Leave for Federal Holidays.

• 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave.

• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD).

• Employer Paid Life Insurance.

• 401K plan with Employer Match.

• Professional Development Assistance.

• Equity Incentive Plan.