Staff Software Engineer

Raft Company Website•Washington, DC

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

Raft 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. They 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. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Raft works with innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem to build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans. The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for architecting, developing, and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, working with clients on Kubernetes or Docker solutions in both Cloud and on-premises environments, developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, and implementing GitOps for Software Delivery.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant DOD industry experience
3+ years' experience with Docker and Kubernetes, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance.
Experience with building and managing data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
Experience in data management technologies including ETL processing, data governance, and data storage
Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing solutions
Experienced with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration
Experience with Kubernetes monitoring (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
Experience with configuring CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners
Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
Ability to travel up to 25%

Nice To Haves

Solid understanding of Helm Charts
Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn
Knowledge of Istio
Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
Comfortable provisioning and debugging complex CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

Architect, develop and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles
Work with clients architecting, developing and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions both in the Cloud and on-premises
Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines
Implement GitOps for Software Delivery