Backend Software Engineer- Core Applications Team

GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

The Core Applications team on one of our projects is expanding and needs a mid to senior level software engineer with a back-end focus. This team focuses on user-facing software engineering tasks, and much of the team is front-end focused. An ideal candidate is comfortable setting up the back-end infrastructure to support the user-facing components of GA-CCRi's streaming geospatial data platform, which handles billions of records a day and houses petabytes of historical information, enabling rich and impactful analytics, and giving users the ability to keep track of the most relevant information right now, or dive into detailed history.

Due to the nature of our work being highly collaborative and fast-paced, this role will be primarily on-site at our office in Charlottesville, VA, with the opportunity to work remotely up to 2 days per week, when the team’s planned work allows it.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Determine user requirements and specifications and plan for software development within the broader organizational scope.
• Software development includes end-user, system level, and data management applications

• Collaborate with team and stakeholders to formulate detailed plans for the implementation of software solutions.
• Implementation of design including coding, testing, and documentation.
• Deployment of applications across the enterprise including cross- platform compliance and ensuring availability of necessary resources.
• Assist in planning and coordinating the maintenance of enterprise solutions including debugging and updating to keep pace with the evolving environment.
• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.

• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
• Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• As a mid-level engineer, you will be expected to balance technical responsibilities (design and development) with team responsibilities (technical planning, ticket creation, delegation, and mentorship). You’ll likely conduct demos and presentations, and will be expected to contribute to the software engineering culture and ecosystem at GA-CCRi, across projects, through opportunities like design reviews and shared learning opportunities.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelors or masters degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline and four or more years progressive software development experience with a bachelor's degree.
• May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a thorough understanding of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate a thorough understanding and application of programming and analysis concepts.
• Must possess the ability to develop and communicate new concepts and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
• Ability to organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.

• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more software development area; capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact and, lead a team of moderately experienced professional employees on single component projects.

Desired Skills and Experience

We're looking for someone in this role who is:

• Proficient in Java, Scala, or Python