Full Stack Software Engineer

About the role

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

We're hiring a solution driven Software Engineer to work onsite with U.S. Government customers to create technology solutions for data collection, data analytics, data visualization, and user workflow automation. You will get to work on an interesting mission focus with large data sets and create solutions with technology in support of national security. You will work directly with analysts to understand mission needs and generate solutions. Technical tasks include ELT, managing, analyzing, and visualizing large sets of geospatial data to extract meaningful knowledge with cloud-based processing technologies and emerging data science techniques. We want a self-motivated engineer who is comfortable digging into data, trying innovative approaches, and isn't afraid to fail fast and move on to other techniques/ideas.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement efficient, flexible solutions that can scale for mission critical applications
• Active in all aspects of the development lifecycle, including planning, requirements development, software design, implementation and build, documentation, testing, deployment and maintenance
• Apply software standards and processes to produce high quality, extensible, and maintainable software solutions
• Work with cloud tech stacks to perform data extraction, manipulation, transformation; visualization of geospatial-temporal data sets
• Develop analytics/derivative data products to help users extract meaningful knowledge
• Proactive approach to trouble shooting and problem-solving issues
• Work directly with users throughout the IC/DoD to understand their requirements and propose technical solutions
• Collaborate with diverse teams of engineers, clients, and users
• Ability to work full time onsite

Minimum Qualifications

• US citizenship and a current TS/SCI clearance (with willingness to get a CI Polygraph)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technology fields
• Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in software development, including design, development, and implementation
• Proficiency in one multiparadigm programming language (Java, Python, Go, Rust, etc.)
• Experience with data extraction, manipulation, visualization, and analysis of large datasets
• Experience designing and supporting cloud-based architectures, including AWS and C2S environments
• Experience working with NoSQL data stores such as Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or similar technologies
• Experience developing and maintaining applications in cloud computing environments
• Experience working with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, in cloud or hybrid environments
• Proficiency in Linux-based environments
• Strong problem-solving mindset and adaptability, with the ability to leverage emerging technologies to solve mission challenges
• Familiarity with modern software development tools, DevSecOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with geospatial processing techniques, libraries and visualization tools
• Experience working with remote sensing datasets, geospatial datasets / formats, sensor-based data streams and familiarity with government collection platforms
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies
• Experience working with open-source resources in a government computing environment

Pay

The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $116,000.00 - $154,000.00 - $169,400.00 annually. For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

Benefits

Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers