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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Arlington, VA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Build backend systems for cyber and electromagnetic capabilities that ingest real-time signals, model complex relationships, and serve high-throughput APIs.

Role type

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Builds

Cloud and on-premises services supporting mission-critical U.S. national security outcomes

Domain

Cybersecurity / Defense

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Go (Golang), graph databases, event-driven architectures, API design, cloud infrastructure, microservices, secure coding

Preferred skills

defense/security domain experience, AI/ML integration, large-scale data processing, observability tooling

Technologies

Go, Neo4j, AWS Neptune, NATS, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable backend services in Go; Build high-performance APIs; Model complex relationships in graph databases; Implement event-driven systems; Develop automated tests; Build and operate microservices on AWS; Create and improve CI/CD pipelines

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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