Software Developer V

General Atomics•Charlottesville, VA

22h

About The Position

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) develops software that turns raw data into actionable intelligence. We work in real-time global situational awareness and battle management, processing petabytes of data from hundreds of sources across air, land, and sea. Our systems, including the THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL platforms, support tens of thousands of users across the DoD and Intelligence Community and enable critical decision-making for national security missions. We process hundreds of thousands of observations per minute at the scale of global sensor networks and battlefield telemetry. Our backend architecture uses technologies like Kafka, AWS, NiFi, and GeoMesa, which we designed and open-sourced, to deliver high-throughput, mission-resilient systems that turn streaming data into real-time intelligence. Why GA-Intelligence? We solve complex, mission-critical problems. We have spent decades earning the trust of our users and delivering systems they rely on every day. As a privately held company, we can make long-term decisions in the best interest of our customers and our country rather than quarterly earnings reports. Our users rely on our software, our customers come back because we deliver, and our engineers stay because they get to work on real problems that have real impact.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information system or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, seven or more years of experience with a masters degree, or four or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with experience developing Java code in production environments
Strong foundation in mathematics, computer networking, communication protocols, and/or data exchange formats
Experience with software development in Linux
Experience with AWS-hosted environments, Docker containerization, and execution through Kubernetes
Experience with helm and helmfile deployments in a Kubernetes environment
A solid understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control, and Agile methodologies
Comfortable working across the stack, including hands-on frontend contributions
Demonstrated technical leadership in cross-functional engineering efforts, including leading large technical initiatives and mentoring other developers
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience working directly with customers or stakeholders
Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance required

Nice To Haves

Experience architecting and scaling distributed systems
Experience in backend architecture and service design
Experience with performance tuning and high-availability system design
Familiarity with Python for supporting scripts, tooling, or data work
Experience building or working with simulation data and data pipelines
Familiarity with Kafka, NiFi, GeoMesa, AWS, or other cloud-native technologies
Experience leading incident response, root cause analysis, and operational improvements
Experience working in the DoD or Intelligence Community

Responsibilities

Lead development activities (backend/fullstack focus)
Design, implement, and deliver enterprise-wide backend services in Java and Spring Boot, primarily powering battle simulation data for battlefield command and control, geospatial data management, exploitation, visualization, and analysis
Build and integrate the APIs and services that feed the team's user-facing application
Research and develop new software processing concepts for situational awareness and battlefield optimization
Guide long-term planning and technical roadmaps for backend services and system architecture so they align with organizational goals, operational requirements, and product strategy
Contribute to the frontend: Work directly in the team's frontend codebase to close fullstack gaps, prototype features, and make sure backend data reaches the UI cleanly
Collaborate externally: Serve as a senior technical point of contact for customers, partners, and other engineering teams
Communicate effectively with customers, management, and other engineering teams in secure environments
Coordinate software deployments and upgrades across distributed environments, including DoD and IC networks
Maintain existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and AWS cloud environments
Evaluate and implement cross-platform deployment strategies, ensuring compliance with integration and security standards
Engineer performant, high-quality solutions
Contribute to system-wide performance tuning and reliability improvements, identifying architectural risks and proposing fixes
Develop test scripts and frameworks to verify functionality and produce high-quality software deliverables
Lead the simulation effort: Drive the technical direction of a large effort to build out simulation tools supporting testing and training for the C2 application
Set architectural direction and make key technical decisions across the simulation effort
Grow the team's capability: Mentor developers contributing to the simulation effort: one full-time alongside you and others splitting time with the C2 UI
Contribute to onboarding, skill development, and growth paths for less experienced engineers
Provide technical leadership across the full development lifecycle, including design reviews, documentation, ticketing, version control, Agile methodologies, coding standards, and testing practices
Operate responsibly: Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information
Observe all laws, regulations, and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company
Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices