Raft
Defense Tech
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at Raft. Skills: AI/ML, Data solutions, Distributed Systems, Application Development. Build data focused product. Build end-to-end features”
Industry & Context.
Solve complex problems
U. S. citizenship, Work conducted within continental U. S., Up to 35% travel
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ Years of experience building RESTFul APIs, 5+ Years of experience in frontend frameworks, STEM Background or relevant industry experience, Able to obtain Security+ certification within 90 days
Nice to Have
Go preferred, Rust nice to have, Kafka or RabbitMQ experience, Delta Lake experience, AWS or Azure experience
What You'll Do.
Build data focused product
Build end-to-end features
Make interacting with data easier
Enable users to tell data story
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Customer-obsessed; Hyper collaborative team; Cognitive diversity; Cultural diversity
Full Job Description
This is a U. S. based position. All of the programs we support require U. S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U. S. Who we are: Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U. S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans. About the role: You will be part of the team building a data focused product that is built on best of breed open source solutions like Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, and Superset. You will work both on backend and frontend to build end-to-end features that make interacting with data easier enabling users to be able to tell a data story through our product. What we are looking for: 8+ Years of experience building RESTFul APIs to take concept to implementation in one of the following languages: Go (preferred), Java, Python, Rust (nice to have), and Scala 5+ Years of experience in frontend frameworks like React with a focus on Typescript or Javascript Deep design of software design and architecture Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch to handle low-latency requirements Experience with building and releasing software in cloud-native environments Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, and NPM Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including containerizing solutions and working with distributed clusters Experience working with AI coding assistants Demo
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