Backend Python Engineer - Polygraph Required
BTI360 Website2 months ago
Chantilly, VA, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build mission-critical production applications focused on data discovery and analysis in collaboration with teammates and stakeholders.
- Design, implement, and test backend services and APIs using Python, modern web frameworks, and reactive programming concepts.
- Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Integrate cloud services and data platforms to expose high-value data through secure and performant interfaces.
- Use testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and DevSecOps deployment tools to deliver software efficiently and reliably.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph at the time of application.
- Experience developing backend services with Python and a modern web framework such as FastAPI, Flask, Django, or Chalice.
- Experience with source control and CI/CD tools such as Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodeBuild, or Jenkins.
- Experience designing scalable, maintainable, object-oriented software in a containerized cloud environment, preferably AWS.
- Experience with testing frameworks such as PyTest or unittest.
- Experience with Python project, dependency-management, and build tools such as Poetry, Make, uv, pip, or conda.
- Familiarity with REST and HTTP API standards, message-driven architectures, persistent storage layers, and distributed systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Preferred experience includes open-source, community, or personal projects; search technologies; streaming or event-driven architectures; and Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code.
Benefits
- Fully paid healthcare premiums.
- Competitive salaries and performance bonuses.
- Career development and in-house training.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Up to 5 weeks of paid time off plus 2 weeks of federal holidays.
- 401(k) dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% annually, vested immediately on day one.
- Community giving and social events.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDjangoElasticsearchFastAPIFlaskGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDJenkinsMakepytestPythonTerraform
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About BTI360 Website
BTI360 develops custom big data and cloud software for U.S. federal agencies, with strengths in distributed search, machine learning, and AWS-based systems. The company supports mission users in the intelligence community, including OSINT data access and analytics. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Herndon, VA, BTI360 is privately held and emphasizes software craftsmanship, DevOps, and lean agile delivery for government programs.