21 hours ago
Aurora, CO, USA or Sterling, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$130k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable Python backend services and APIs.
- Build interfaces, data contracts, and integration points connecting distributed services, external systems, and event-driven data streams.
- Author unit, integration, and regression test suites and troubleshoot defects across development and test environments.
- Profile applications, database queries, and data workflows to optimize latency and throughput.
- Containerize applications with Docker and deploy and troubleshoot Kubernetes workloads using Helm.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code-quality checks, and vulnerability scanning.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, peer reviews, and delivery of production-ready software increments.
Requirements
- Active or current Top-Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience building and deploying production applications.
- Hands-on proficiency with Python and Bash scripting.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexes, and performant SQL, and Redis for caching, state management, or message buffering.
- Experience containerizing applications with Docker and deploying and troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads using Helm.
- Proficiency with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines involving automated testing, linters, and vulnerability scanning.
- Ability to independently deliver user stories, work in existing codebases, and write defensive, testable code.
- Preferred qualifications include TS/SCI with polygraph, Privileged User eligibility through CompTIA Security+ or DoD 8570 IAT Level II equivalency, distributed messaging, event-driven architectures, microservices, REST, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and space-to-ground, C2, or MM systems experience.
Benefits
- Competitive annual pay range of $130,000-$200,000.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Health Savings Account with company contribution.
- Annual paid time off and paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- 401(k) with generous company match.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Award programs and company-sponsored events.
- Work-life balance, family assistance, financial wellness, retirement planning, continued education, and comprehensive employee benefits.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About GRVTY
GRVTY builds software, data platforms, and analytics for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR&T) missions, serving U.S. defense and intelligence customers. Offerings include GEOINT analytics, deployed analysts, enterprise IT support, and managed software services, including data lake/warehouse applications. The privately held company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia and operates under federal contracts across cyber, space, and spectrum domains.