Senior Software Engineer (TS/SCI)
Maxar Technologies6 days ago
Herndon, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$185k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement efficient, flexible, scalable solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Participate across the software development lifecycle, including planning, requirements development, design, implementation, build, documentation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Process, extract, manipulate, transform, analyze, and visualize large geospatial-temporal datasets using cloud technologies.
- Develop analytics and derivative data products that help users extract meaningful knowledge.
- Design and support cloud-based architectures in AWS and C2S environments.
- Collaborate with engineers, clients, and users while troubleshooting and solving technical problems.
- Lead small engineering teams and work independently or collaboratively.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance, with willingness to obtain a CI polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technology field.
- At least five years of experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, including Python, Java, Go, or Rust.
- At least three years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience extracting, manipulating, visualizing, and analyzing large datasets.
- Experience designing and supporting cloud-based architectures, including AWS and C2S environments.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in cloud or hybrid environments.
- Familiarity with modern software development tools, DevSecOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Preferred experience with Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or similar NoSQL data stores.
- Preferred experience designing geospatial trajectory processing, forecasting, analysis, and visualization approaches.
- Preferred experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying AI/ML or computer vision models across diverse data types.
- Ability to adapt, solve problems, manage multiple priorities, and work effectively in dynamic environments.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package including a 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- The role is listed as onsite.
- The application window is three days from the posting date and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
Categories
Data EngineeringFull Stack
About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.