This onsite role in Washington, DC offers a secure, collaborative environment for a back-end engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance. You will design, build, and maintain robust backend systems for critical applications in a controlled setting, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and secure software practices. The position offers a competitive salary range of USD 100,000 to 150,000 per year, and a preference for candidates holding a Bachelor's degree. Expect a culture that prioritizes teamwork, documentation, and continuous learning as cloud technologies and generative AI trends evolve. The team works across both classified and unclassified environments, delivering impactful solutions in a disciplined engineering environment.
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement secure backend services for modern web applications using standard frameworks and tools.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs that enable seamless frontend-backend integration and support multi-model connections with Frontier AI platforms.
- Produce clean, efficient, well-documented code that adheres to secure coding practices and established engineering standards.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, frontend engineers, and other technical stakeholders to gather requirements, design solutions, and deliver new features.
- Participate in peer code reviews to uphold code quality, identify improvement opportunities, and promote development best practices.
- Troubleshoot issues, address backend performance bottlenecks, and enhance reliability and scalability across classified and unclassified environments.
- Continuously evaluate emerging backend technologies, cloud capabilities, and advances in the generative AI landscape to drive ongoing innovation.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Strong experience building backend applications using Golang, Python, or comparable languages.
- Experience with relational and / or NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL or similar technologies.
- Familiarity with Git and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of web application security, secure design, authentication methods, and cybersecurity best practices.
- Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Kubernetes.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Technologies
- Golang
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Git
- Kubernetes
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Frontier AI platforms
Location and Compensation
Location: Washington, DC, onsite
Salary: USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00 per year
Application questions
- Is your TS/SCI clearance still active and valid?
Education
Education preference: Bachelor's degree (preferred).
