Software Engineer

About the role

Valiant Solutions is seeking a Remote Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing and innovative cybersecurity team! The Remote Software Engineer will build enterprise-grade web applications, design automated microservices, and manage multi-step financial validation engines built on Python and Django. This position will require a DoW Secret Clearance, and only those who possess a DoW Clearance will be considered. Named one of the Best Places to Work in the Washington DC area for 12 consecutive years, Valiant is proud of our employee-centric culture and commitment to excellence. If you are interested in learning more about Valiant and this opportunity, we invite you to apply now!

Responsibilities

• Web & API Development: Design, build, and maintain containerized microservices and backend web applications using Python and Django REST Framework.
• Workflow & Business Logic: Develop dynamic workflow engines and state machines to manage complex approval processes, billing calculations, and financial validation logic.
• Database Management: Model, optimize, and maintain relational database schemas to ensure data integrity and auditability.
• Asynchronous Tasks & Integrations: Implement background task processing and scheduling for dynamic data ingestion and third-party API integrations.
• Security & Access Control: Implement role-based access control (RBAC) and integrate secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• DevOps & Automation: Maintain development environment parity using containerization and support automated building, testing, and deployment pipelines through CI/CD processes.
• Cross-Application Support: Assist with the support and maintenance of complementary software applications across different technology stacks as needed.

Requirements

• Security+ Continuing Education (CE) [CompTIA]
• DoW Secret Clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or other technically related area
• Required experience with Python, Django, SQL, and Docker/Docker Compose

Skills

• Git and GitLab
• AWS GovCloud (S3, EC2, RDS, EBS, IAM, CloudWatch, VPC)
• Ansible
• Ruby on Rails
• PHP and Laravel
• Linux

Benefits

• Valiant pays 99% of the Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage for full-time employees
• Valiant contributes 25% towards health coverage for family and dependents
• 100% paid short-term disability and life insurance policy for full-time employees
• 100% paid certifications
• 401K matching up to 4%
• Paid time off
• Paid federal holidays
• Wellness & fitness program
• Valiant University – Online education and training portal
• FSA programs for medical costs, dependent care, transit, and parking
• Referral bonuses
• Remote work policy: employees must have a quiet, distraction-free workspace with adequate internet, dedicate full attention and availability to job duties during working hours, maintain a schedule during core business hours aligned with coworkers and