Senior Software Engineer

Nooks is a startup pioneering Classified Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) to support national security. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer and Architect to develop secure applications for their platform, leading efforts in building resilient systems and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the decisions on “how” we deliver software. (Architecture, languages, decision delegation, contracting, DIY, model selection and integration)
• Partner on the “what, when, who and why” of our software with Design and Product
• Lead a major feature or application
• Support junior engineering talent with mentorship and/or technical guidance
• Build secure multi-tenant services on public cloud platforms like AWS or GCP
• Build, architect, and consume APIs and backend services as part of the platform ecosystem, with an emphasis on automation, testing, and security
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance and their impact on your team and others
• Interact with customers and partners, assisting them with integration of our services

Requirements:

• 6+ years of progressively responsible software engineering experience
• Excellent communication skills; experience working with end-users to design and build solutions to their needs
• A habit of self-directed learning of new technologies, and the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Must have led the architecture, development, and building of backend services and APIs to ensure performance, security, and reliability
• An ability to successfully own technical problems end-to-end
• Have extensive experience with Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Demonstrable, in-depth knowledge of at least one major commercial cloud platform and its associated services (e.g. AWS, GCP)
• Must have made enough mistakes, and booked enough wins, to know what not to build and what good looks like
• Candidate must be a United States citizen and capable of maintaining Security eligibility up to the Top Secret/SCI level within 45 days of hire
• Remote with preference for proximity to Washington D.C., Colorado Springs, or El Segundo, CA