Software Development Engineer

GRVTY•Herndon, VA

3d•$150,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

GRVTY is seeking a Software Development Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Herndon, VA. As a Software Development Engineer in this role, you will focus on designing and implementing robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and enable comprehensive tracking of events across diverse data pipelines. Your work will involve developing modular systems that support seamless integration with new data formats and domains, ensuring scalability and adaptability as business needs evolve. You will be responsible for building solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting, all while maintaining high standards for record keeping in a digital environment. Leveraging your expertise, you will help create frameworks that allow for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events, supporting the organization’s commitment to operational excellence. To excel in this position, you should be comfortable working with technologies such as Python for asynchronous and concurrent programming, Kafka for distributed messaging, and JSON for data interchange. Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana and the ELK stack will be essential for building dashboards and monitoring system health. Experience with distributed systems, event-driven design patterns, and implementing fault-tolerant architectures will be highly beneficial. Exposure to best practices in modular software design, access management, and scalable pipeline development will further support your success as you contribute to expanding the organization’s data infrastructure.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
Python
Kafka
Distributed Systems
Event-Driven Design
Asynchronous Coding
Concurrency
JSON
Fault Tolerance
Observability
Grafana
ELK

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

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and enable comprehensive tracking of events across diverse data pipelines.
Developing modular systems that support seamless integration with new data formats and domains, ensuring scalability and adaptability as business needs evolve.
Building solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting, all while maintaining high standards for record keeping in a digital environment.
Creating frameworks that allow for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events, supporting the organization’s commitment to operational excellence.