Cleared Senior Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

What We Believe

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead development activities Lead the successful design, implementation, and delivery of high-impact backend software solutions Guide long-term planning efforts and influence technical roadmaps for backend services and system architecture so they align with organizational goals, operational requirements, and product strategy
• Lead the successful design, implementation, and delivery of high-impact backend software solutions
• Guide long-term planning efforts and influence technical roadmaps for backend services and system architecture so they align with organizational goals, operational requirements, and product strategy
• Collaborate externally Represent GA-I3 as a senior technical point of contact for customers, partners, and other engineering teams Coordinate software deployments and upgrades across distributed environments, including DoD and IC networks Evaluate and implement cross-platform deployment strategies, ensuring compliance with integration and security standards Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on high-visibility technical initiatives that span multiple teams and domains
• Represent GA-I3 as a senior technical point of contact for customers, partners, and other engineering teams
• Coordinate software deployments and upgrades across distributed environments, including DoD and IC networks
• Evaluate and implement cross-platform deployment strategies, ensuring compliance with integration and security standards
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on high-visibility technical initiatives that span multiple teams and domains
• Engineer performant solutions Contribute to system-wide performance tuning and reliability improvements, identifying architectural risks and proposing mitigation strategies
• Contribute to system-wide performance tuning and reliability improvements, identifying architectural risks and proposing mitigation strategies
• Build the team Develop mentoring structures and contribute to onboarding, skill development, and growth paths for less experienced engineers Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and technical excellence Provide technical leadership across the full development lifecycle, including design reviews, coding standards, and testing practices
• Develop mentoring structures and contribute to onboarding, skill development, and growth paths for less experienced engineers
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and technical excellence
• Provide technical leadership across the full development lifecycle, including design reviews, coding standards, and testing practices

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years of experience with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Deep expertise in Java and/or other backend languages (e.g., Scala, Go)
• Demonstrated technical leadership in cross-functional engineering efforts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience working directly with customers or stakeholders

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience architecting and scaling distributed systems
• Deep expertise in backend architecture, distributed systems, and service design
• Experience with performance tuning and high-availability system design
• Familiarity with Kafka, NiFi, GeoMesa, AWS, or other cloud-native technologies
• Experience leading incident response, root cause analysis, and operational improvements
• Ability to interface directly with customers and senior stakeholders
• Experience working in the DoD or Intelligence Community