Software Engineer (Python/Data)

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. The Software Engineer (Python/Data) will partner with government stakeholders and cross-functional teams to modernize data architectures and pipelines for critical public programs. The role focuses on building scalable data systems, improving pipeline performance and security, and supporting large-scale data processing and analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross-functional project teams to gather business requirements and translate to detailed technical specifications
• Work with Government partners to assist and develop data engineering applications and pipelines that will enable data services and processing capabilities, such as advanced analytics, AI/ML, and experimentation
• Design, develop, test, automate, and deploy data engineering solutions in a cloud platforms, such as AWS
• Participate in software design and code reviews
• Develop automated testing, monitoring and alerting, and CI/CD for production systems

Requirements:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience with professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, CI/CD, and Source Code Management
• Experience with building ETL pipelines to ingest, process, and store data
• Prior experience with Python programming for both data processing and server-side use cases
• Experience with data cleaning, modeling, schema design while protecting sensitive data
• Proficient with building data integrations using both API and file-based protocols
• Proficient with relational databases and advanced SQL queries, particularly with Postgresql
• Experience with using data observability tools to maintain data infrastructure and data quality
• Proficient in refining high-level goals into high-impact, low-effort tasks and milestones based on human-centered design practices to prioritize options for stakeholders
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
• Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
• We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

*If you are not living in one of the states listed above, unfortunately, you will not be considered for a position at this time

• Experience with Databricks and Snowflake