Principal Software Engineer

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in McLean, VA. Our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We’re looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.

About the role:

As a Principal Software Engineer at our organization, you will be part of the team building a data focused product that is built on best of breed open source solutions like Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, and Superset. You will work both on backend and frontend to build end-to-end features that make interacting with data easier enabling users to be able to tell a data story through our data product.

What we are looking for: 

• 8+ years of hands-on experience building RESTFul APIs to take concept to implementation in two of the following languages: Java, Scala, Python, Rust, Go
• 2+ years of experience in frontend frameworks like React / Vue / Angular / EmberJS with a focus on Typescript or Javascript
• Deep design of software design and architecture with a product mindset
• Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch to handle low-latency requirements
• Experience with building and releasing software in cloud-native environments
• Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, and NPM
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• STEM Background or relevant industry experience
• Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft

 Highly preferred:

• Experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Experience with Delta Lake 
• Experience AWS or Azure
• Experienced with building end-to-end features with a product mindset

Clearance Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance

Work Type: 

• Remote (Local to Tampa, FL preferred)
• May require up to 25% travel

Salary Range:

• $160,000 - …