Web Server Architect

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

 

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

 

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.   We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.   

 

Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will primarily design data structures that enable performant transfer of myriad data types to provide real-time collaboration and situational awareness in a map-based application.

 

Technologies and skillsets we're targeting:

• Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type (CRDT) structures
• database languages
• Redis
• GraphQL
• web RTC

Other secondary knowledge areas important for this role:

• API gateway
• federated gateway
• load testing
• message queues
• containerization
• Docker
• Podman
• orchestration
• Kubernetes
• authentication
• Keycloak
• CAC
• OAuth
• web server communications
• RESTful API development
• web sockets

Qualifications

 

 Required Qualifications:  

• has 5+ years designing, building, and maintaining data structures and databases
• has experience developing back-end web micro services (e.g. node.js, Kotlin)
• desires a high-intensity, highly collaborative environment
• has contributed to, or led, open source projects

 

 

Security Requirement:    

• Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.