Senior Backend Engineer (24-050)

CTI is a leading technology company specializing in the development of advanced software solutions for military and security applications. As a Senior Backend Engineer at CTI, you will be responsible for designing and implementing highly scalable and performant backend services to support our mission-critical applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define requirements, architect solutions, and contribute to the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design and develop backend services and APIs in languages such as Java, Python, or Go
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Scale and optimize services to meet performance, reliability, and scalability goals
• Write and maintain clean, high-quality, and testable code
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and other production issues
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools to automate the build, test, and deployment process
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Participate in program increment (PI) cycle, including planning of sprint tasks and participation in all Agile development ceremonies while ensuring all developmental blockers are documented and reported
• Automating the deployment and scaling of containerized cloud native applications using Kubernetes

This position is hybrid and required to be onsite up to 25% of the time at USSOCOM facilities located on and near MacDill AFB in Tampa FL

Requirements

Necessary skills and experience

• Minimum 4 years of experience with designing and implementing full-stack software solutions
• Proficiency with web technologies such as React, Redux Toolkit, and Typescript
• Proven track record with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automating cloud solutions such as Terraform
• Experience provisioning and configuring cloud native infrastructure
• Experience monitoring, diagnosing, analyzing root cause, and implementing preventative measures to avoid reoccurrence
• Nimble CI/CD approach to application builds and cloud deployments
• Experience leading technical decisions, including the ability to break down problems, identify solutions, and communicate the process and conclusions to an engineering team
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• The ability to obtain a US government security clearance post start date. U.S. Citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Beneficial skills and experience

• Ability to communicate effectively via multiple mediums and with management, co-workers, and customers, both technical and non-technical
• An active U.S. government Secret security clearance
• Excellent development and leadership abilities
• Ability to write clean code and leverage best practices for implementation, documentation, and testing
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases
• Passion for developing customer-focused solutions
• Proficient with container-based software solutions such as Docker, gateway managers such as Kong, and security authentication systems such as Active Directory and Keycloak
• Microservices and/or distributed computing development experience
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and other Hashicorp tools
• Experience with continuous deployment tools like ArgoCD, Spinnaker, and Flux V2
• Experience with monorepo and microfrontend architecture
• Experience with Tactical Assault Kit, Common Operational Picture (COP) platforms, and working with government team

Benefits

CTI is a rapidly growing company offering the following:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• H.S.A. (partially funded by CTI) and Flex Spending
• Company-paid life insurance/AD&D and disability insurance
• Optional supplemental life, critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident insurances
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• 401k plan with Safe Harbor contribution
• Tuition reimbursement/professional training options
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Assistance
• Financial Planning Assistance
• Voluntary Pre-Paid Legal
• Flexible schedules with t