Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Seekr is seeking a Software Engineer to scale and productionize applications in its federal solutions portfolio. The engineer will work with AI engineers and software developers on mission-centric problems across customer environments, including commercial cloud, AWS GovCloud, and fully disconnected networks. The role focuses on making applications performant, scalable, secure, and durable, and helping them complete the accreditation process required for real-world mission use. The role calls for adaptability as requirements, deployment targets, user feedback, and security controls change. The engineer will influence how federal solutions are built, deployed, and accredited, with decisions that may be used across multiple programs for years. The position also involves technical leadership and mentoring within the federal engineering team.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Active U.S. security clearance at the Top Secret level.
- Demonstrated ownership of production systems personally designed, debugged, and/or operated.
- Hands-on experience with Python, including async patterns, packaging, and dependency management.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or a comparable relational database management system.
- Experience with RESTful API design; FastAPI is preferred.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Knowledge of distributed systems fundamentals, including idempotency, retries, eventual consistency, queueing, failure isolation, and graceful degradation.
- Experience with CI/CD; GitLab CI is preferred.
- Experience with automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Experience with observability, including structured logging, performance metrics, and tracing.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with FastAPI.
- Experience with GitLab CI.
- Experience shipping AI-backed features such as LLM inference, agents, or retrieval.
- Experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor while reviewing, testing, and taking ownership of shipped code.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with AI engineers to ship high-quality, production-ready features.
- Own the path from functional prototype to stable, scalable, accredited service.
- Drive sound technical decision-making and establish and enforce engineering best practices across the federal engineering team.
- Design and build systems that satisfy security controls as a first-class requirement.
- Build and maintain hardened container images, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment artifacts for cloud and restricted or air-gapped environments.
- Debug production issues and perform root cause analysis in environments with limited observability and access.
- Collaborate with Product to scope and decompose requirements into actionable engineering work.
- Mentor federal team engineers through code review, design review, and pairing.
Benefits
- Equity ownership through RSUs.
- Unlimited PTO and 14 paid company holidays.
- Flexible hybrid work environment, with offices in Reston, Virginia, and Austin, Texas, and remote options.
- Flexible working hours.
- Role-appropriate compensation that may include base salary, bonuses, or commission plans, depending on the role.
- 401(k) plan with company matching.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starting on day one for employees and their families.
- Paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement.
- The position may also be eligible for annual bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
