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Illuminate Your Unknowns
Senior Software Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
124 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer
Torchlight™
• Develop and maintain a highly available, low-latency, and scalable API and full stack applications. • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code for both front-end and back-end components. • Leverage managed cloud services to their full potential, serverless data warehouse for analytics, managed RDMS, serverless execution, asynchronous messaging, and orchestration for complex processes. • Utilize Terraform to define and manage our infrastructure as code (IaC), ensuring a reproducible and automated environment. • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product owners, data scientists, and other engineers, to deliver high-quality solutions. • Take ownership of the entire software development lifecycle, from conception and design to deployment and ongoing maintenance. • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems.
Job Requirements
- Active TOP SECRET Security Clearance
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Extensive experience in full stack software development with a proven track record of designing and building high-performance, scalable APIs and web applications
- Deep and demonstrable expertise in modern web development technologies, including:
- Back-end: Python (or Node.js, Java, or similar) and frameworks like Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Front-end: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, or Vue.js.
- Database technologies: SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB)
- Strong, hands-on experience with cloud providers such as GCP, Azure, and AWS, leveraging the managed services provided by the providers
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
- A solid understanding of distributed systems, modular monolithic architecture, API design principles, and front-end/back-end integration
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response (desired)
- A background in Geospatial data processing and analysis (desired)
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (desired)
- Experience with modern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (desired)
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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