Data Engineer

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://teamraft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in McLean, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. A successful candidate should have a diverse technical background and be leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in an Agile, fast-paced environment.

This role is contingent on contract award.
 
What you will do:

• Assembles large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional requirements
• Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
• Builds required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources
• Curate and maintain data that is stored in support of metrics and evaluation.
• Working with developers to make sure key data points are stored in a Postgres database.
• Working with data providers and back-end API developers to normalize schemas and define data flows for persistence and analytics.
• Design, build, test, maintain, and automate data collection/pipeline.
• Develop Dashboards for Data Analytics.
• Implement Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Using Agile methodologies to develop software.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of relevant experience as a Data Engineer/Scientist.
• Experience developing data pipelines and normalizing data.
• Experience using AWS cloud services.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database.
• Ability to work efficiently on small, distributed teams.
• Familiarity with Agile principles.

Highly preferred:

• Experience developing Tableau Dashboards.
• ELK Stack Experience.
• Real-time event streaming.
• AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, Kinesis.
• Apache Spark, NiFi.
• Confluent Kafka.
• Experience with Containers (Docker, Docker Compose).
• DevSecOps utilizing test-driven development.
• Gitlab experience.

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Secret Clearance

Work Type: 

• Onsite in Boulder, CO
• May require up to 15% travel

Salary Range:

• $160,000 - $185,000 
• The determination of compensation is predicated upon a candidate's comprehensive experience, demonstrated skill, and proven abilitie

What we will offer you:  

• Highly competitive salary 
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage 
• 401(k) and company match 
• Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays 
• Education & training benefits 
• Generous Referral Bonuses 
• And More!

Our Vision Statement:  

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.

Our Customer Obsession:

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees