Data & Software Engineer

About the role

GRVTY’s team provides tactical data engineering solutions. We embed skilled Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and ETL Developers directly into intelligence analyst groups to be their go-to data wranglers. We develop new tools, code, and services to execute data engineering activities. Our engineers work to collect, process, and feed analytic tools, turning data into intelligence in response to immediate mission needs, with direct impact on real world situations.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements, assess feasibility, and design appropriate solutions with minimal oversight
• Leverage strong problem-solving and debugging skills for data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks
• Leverage a background in large-scale data migration or platform modernization efforts
• Contribute to data engineering documentation, best practices, and design patterns

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with:
• Apache Spark & PySpark
• Advanced Python skills (including Pandas & NumPy)
• Docker, Podman
• AWS S3, Lambda & Step functions
• Apache Iceberg, Airflow, etc.
• SQL (with Trino)
• NoSQL, DynamoDB
• Unity Catalog OSS, Apache Polaris
• Apache Superset
• Terraform or CloudFormation
• OpenLineage
• H3, PostGIS

Qualifications

• Building end-to-end data pipelines leveraging Python
• Using orchestration tools to deploy data pipelines, including configuring and updating Spark Jobs
• Containerizing and deploying applications in cloud environments like AWS
• Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization for complex, analytical workloads
• Leveraging industry standard tools for code control (Git, IaaC control, etc.)
• Working with data catalogs, tracking data lineage and handling a variety of data formats, including Geospatial
• Using Bash scripting for automation and data processing tasks
• Integrating Al/ML services and models

Skills

• Advanced Python programming skills
• Familiarity with Java
• Understanding of data security, privacy, governance and compliance principles
• Experience building production data pipelines and ETL workflows at scale

Benefits

We're proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.

• Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k with generous company match
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Award Programs
• Variety of Company Sponsored Events

Pay

Virginia Pay Range: $150,000 - $250,000 USD