Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Raft, a customer-obsessed small business, as a Staff Software Engineer. You will contribute to a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense, handling over a billion events daily with millisecond latency. This role involves implementing mission-critical software as cloud-native services, advising clients, supporting DevSecOps deployments, and working with Kubernetes and Docker solutions. You will collaborate with a team of accomplished engineers to solve complex challenges. The position requires 5+ years of relevant experience and specific technical skills, with a Security+ certification required within 90 days. The role is hybrid in Arlington, VA, with potential travel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on relevant software and system development experience in one or more industries
• 5+ years' experience with Docker and Kubernetes, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance
• Experience developing in one or more enterprise centric languages, such as Java, Scala, C++, Go, or similar
• Experience fielding complex distributed, data intensive applications
• Experience with deploying and managing data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
• Solid understanding of Helm Charts, Kubernetes networking technologies (Calico, Cilium, etc.), and related concepts
• Experience operating stateful and data intensive services in orchestrated environments
• Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing solutions
• Experienced with software packaging, build, and delivery approaches in distributed applications
• 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
• Able to obtain a Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment with Raft

Responsibilities

• Implement mission critical software as cloud-native containerized distributed services
• Provide extensive experience based advise to the customer on how to best execute the creation of software and system tools in support of the mission needs
• Support DevSecOps deployment of your applications with supporting tools and infrastructure as code for clustered and distributed application lifecycles
• Work with clients architecting, developing and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions both in the Cloud and on-premises
• Contribute to the integration and system engineering process to ensure that all parts of the software system can be fielded and will work as intended
• Apply SWE best practices, design patterns, and solution architecture patterns in furtherance of solutions to some of our nation’s most pressing challenges
• Support cross-company initiatives of the solution architecture and chief engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Substantial experience with SDLC and PDLC concepts and concerns and implementing appropriate processes to ensure the project enables a well-oiled software delivery machine
• Experience operating complex distributed applications
• Experience shipping software and delivering products in compliance heavy regulated markets, such as DoD, FinTech, and/or MedTech
• Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn
• Knowledge of Cloud-Native Application Tooling: Istio, Helm, Prometheus, Kubernetes, and similar
• Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
• Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
• Comfortable provisioning and debugging complete CI/CD pipelines

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
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work
• Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options
• Team off-site in fun places!
• Generous Referral Bonuses