Software Development Engineer

Avalore, LLC • Herndon, VA

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About The Position

As a Software Development Engineer, you will design and implement robust event-driven architectures that improve observability and enable comprehensive tracking of events across diverse data pipelines. You will develop modular systems that integrate new data formats and domains and remain scalable and adaptable as business needs evolve. The role involves building solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting while maintaining high standards for digital record keeping. You will help create frameworks for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events, supporting operational excellence.

The role uses Python for asynchronous and concurrent programming, Kafka for distributed messaging, and JSON for data interchange. Grafana and the ELK stack are used to build dashboards and monitor system health. The position requires an active security clearance with an appropriate polygraph. Travel may be up to 10% and occasional.

Requirements

• Active security clearance with appropriate polygraph.
• Experience with Python, Kafka, distributed systems, event-driven design, asynchronous coding, concurrency, JSON, fault tolerance, observability, Grafana, and ELK.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
• Ability to sit, stand, talk, and hear; often uses hands and fingers to operate a computer.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with access control in event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in modular system design for data pipelines.
• Familiarity with alerting and record-keeping solutions.
• Knowledge of expanding architectures to support multiple data domains and formats.
• Experience with best practices in modular software design, access management, and scalable pipeline development.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement event-driven architectures for observability and tracking events across data pipelines.
• Develop modular systems that support integration with new data formats and domains.
• Build scalable solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting.
• Maintain high standards for digital record keeping.
• Create frameworks for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events.
• Build dashboards and monitor system health using observability tools.

Benefits

• Employer contributions to health care plan (medical, dental, and vision).
• Retirement plan (401k or IRA) with matching program.
• Life insurance (basic, voluntary, and AD&D).
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, and public holidays).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Training and development.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed