Staff Software Engineer
Raft Company Website•Hanscom AFB, MA
•$140,000 - $190,000•Hybrid
About The Position
Raft is building mission-critical data platforms for the Department of War that process billions of events per day from hundreds of sensors and operational sources, delivering intelligence to operators who use it to make time-sensitive decisions. Our platform runs across multiple classification levels and deployment environments. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience with building and managing fault-tolerant, data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
- Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch to handle low-latency requirements
- Experience in data management including ETL processing, data governance, and data storage
- Experience with building and deploying software in cloud-native environments
- Experience diagnosing and resolving container deployment issues within Kubernetes environments
- Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, and NPM
- Deep knowledge of software design and architecture patterns
- Obtain Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with monitoring (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions in cloud-native environments
- Solid understanding of Helm Charts
- Experience or knowledge of service mesh technologies, such as Istio
- Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
- Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
Responsibilities
- Build data infrastructure and platforms using streaming frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Flink, and Kafka Streams
- Build Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines to enable comprehensive data operations
- Leverage software engineering principles to architect, develop, and implement large scale streaming applications
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) and company match
- Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
- Education & training benefits
- Generous Referral Bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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