Senior Software Engineer

Vantor is a spatial intelligence company supporting mission partners with software development, data science, and operationally relevant technical solutions. The Senior Software Engineer will develop and sustain mission-focused applications, backend services, APIs, data processing workflows, and analytical capabilities while collaborating with engineers, data scientists, analysts, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the continued research, development, and sustainment of mission-focused software applications, backend services, APIs, data processing workflows, and analytical capabilities
• You will support data scientists and mission partners by creating and/or refining software applications, maintaining and enhancing existing custom applications, troubleshooting defects, improving performance, contributing to code reviews and technical documentation, and helping deliver reliable capabilities in an agile, remote-first environment

Requirements:

• To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen
• This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the Top Secret and/or CBP/DHS suitability level
• Must be a US citizen
• Current Top Secret security clearance and/or CBP/DHS suitability
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering or a related field (4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A master's degree may count as an additional 2 years of experience.)
• 6+ years demonstrated professional experience with programming, design, and/or development
• Professional experience with one or more strongly-typed programming languages such as Java, Rust, or similar
• Professional experience with one or more scripting programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar
• Must be willing to lead technical discussions, mentor technical staff, and drive technical design and engineering efforts
• Working knowledge of agile software development practices and tools, such as Jira, Confluence, and git
• Substantial experience with backend development using Java and Rust
• Experience developing and maintaining low-latency, streaming, or event-driven data processing technologies and paradigms (e.g. Apache Flink and/or Apache Kafka)
• Experience applying traditional AI/ML approaches and methodologies to streaming data
• Full-stack development experience with modern front-end JavaScript based frameworks, particularly React, Next, Leaflet, Map Libre, and Redux
• API REST framework development and maintenance experience
• Experience building and supporting solutions in a cloud environment (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, etc.)
• Experience with containerized deployments (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g. Jenkins, ArgoCD, Harness, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions)
• Experience with SQL database development, schema design, query optimization, or data modeling (e.g. PostgreSQL, Apache Iceberg, or similar technologies)
• Experience supporting research and development projects; developing production capable systems from a greenfield and receptive customer
• Experience leading technical efforts for cross-disciplinary teams
• Experience extracting and translating requirements from government stakeholders to achievable goals, objectives, and tasking
• You are a creative problem-solver who wants to apply breakthrough technologies for the good of humanity and to keep our country safe
• Strong verbal, written, documentation, and organizational skills