Backend Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using Node.js, React.js, and related frameworks
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or AWS CDK
• Build and deployment of pipelines and platform operations
• Perform Linux-based troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Implement secure-by-design patterns and participate in compliance/hardening tasks
• Collaborate with teams deploying and operating workloads using AWS services (such as, but not limited to: Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, API Gateway, VPC, IAM)
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, cloud engineers, architects, and DevOps teams

Cloud Software Developer, Node.js, React.js

• You will work on cross-functional teams to build scalable systems for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on.
• You care deeply about working on technology that improves people’s lives, but don’t think technology is always the answer.
• You are passionate about building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and you'll help set high standards for our teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.
• The Sr. Software Engineer role will be responsible for developing end to end systems for one of Nava's major government partners.
• The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need.
• This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy and planning through to post-production testing and support.

Software Engineer – Backend, Java

• Design, develop, and optimize complex T-SQL solutions including large-scale stored procedures, functions, and queries
• Optimize existing SQL code for performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Proactively identify and resolve query performance, indexing, and concurrency issues
• Support schema design, data modeling, and database changes for new features
• Collaborate with application engineers to design and improve data models, database logic, and access patterns
• Develop and maintain database objects, deployment scripts, and repeatable database changes aligned with application delivery needs
• Create and execute unit, integration, and regression tests for stored procedures and database logic to ensure correctness and performance
• Enforce security best practices, including Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) authentication and authorization
• Support audits and compliance initiatives related to HITRUST, and SOC 2
• Lead database development standards, best practices, and documentation across the organization
• Support or contribute to Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) Data Lake architectures using Microsoft Fabric

Senior Database Developer

• Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software
• Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems
• Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs
• Create tools and processes to automate our development, testing, and production workflows
• Write and review technical documentation, performing code reviews
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur
• Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed

Software Engineer, Senior – Python

• Build high-performance applications: Design, develop, and maintain scalable software that powers the Opendorse platform.
• Own backend services: Write clean, testable code in .NET to deliver reliable APIs and business logic.
• Craft modern interfaces: Use React and TypeScript to build engaging, responsive UIs that deliver a great user experience.
• Leverage AI development tools: Use AI-assisted workflows to accelerate development, improve quality, reduce repetitive work, and help shape how our engineering team builds software.
• Move data with confidence: Work with SQL Server to store, query, and manage data efficiently.
• Focus on quality: Write unit and integration tests to ensure our systems are resilient and maintainable.
• Collaborate to deliver: Work closely with product, design, and engineering teammates to ship features that matter.
• Drive technical growth: Contribute to architectural decisions, code quality initiatives, and performance improvements across the stack.

Full-Stack Software Engineer – .NET, React

Software Engineer, Ruby

• Writing secure, correct, efficient, clear and supportable “production ready” code that meets internal standards and industry best practice.
• Enhance and extend our existing products, including device management, microservices, and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications to deliver seamless experiences to our customers.
• Design and build APIs that integrate with internal and external services and contribute to overall system functionality.
• Clarifying and communicating engineering requirements for new products, features, quality improvements, or design changes.
• Track progress, update stakeholders, communicate with peers and broader team through stand-ups, regular updates on work items.
• Implement industry-standard security practices to safeguard both customer and internal data.
• Ensure thorough testing of code, participate in code reviews, and proactively resolve bugs and performance bottlenecks.

Software Engineer, Backend

• Lead the design and implementation of backend services and core system components within the RHACS platform.
• Build and evolve critical services, automation tooling, and Linux-based data collection systems with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Influence architectural decisions and contribute to the long-term technical direction of the platform.
• Own the quality of your code and ensure systems are thoroughly tested, observable, and resilient.
• Champion a “design-first” engineering culture by driving design document practices and structured technical reviews.
• Build and improve automated testing frameworks for complex distributed systems.
• Proactively identify technical gaps, emerging risks, and future scalability challenges in Kubernetes security.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, frameworks, and languages that improve developer productivity and system robustness.
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to define and refine RHACS features.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure alignment on architecture, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Diagnose and resolve complex customer issues involving Kubernetes, Linux internals, and distributed systems.
• Provide deep technical insight and guidance to improve system reliability and customer experience.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and engineering excellence.

Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Advanced Cluster Security

• Architect and deliver Drupal sites that are fully compliant with standards for design, accessibility, security, and performance
• Write automated tests that support the delivery of quality software
• Help define and support your application’s path to production
• Work with less experienced engineers to level up their skills
• Work directly with stakeholders and team members to set and manage expectations throughout the life of the project
• Operate within an agile development process

Software Engineer, Drupal

• Lead to provide strategic consultation to business customers in defining or designing business processes, functions and organizational structures
• Facilitate development of the most complex enterprise business solutions
• Lead and participate in enterprise strategy development
• Specify and design large or the most complex systems, solutions, networks, infrastructure elements, or processes
• Select appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure that they are applied effectively
• Lead reviews of others’ system design
• Establish policy for selection of architecture components
• Ensure that the system architecture balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements
• Identify, propose, initiate, and lead significant improvement programs
• Modify existing process improvement approaches and/or develop new approaches to achieving improvement
• Provide leadership and mentoring in the areas of expertise and architecture to their peers, developers, management and business users

Lead Technical Architect

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable data platforms and pipelines using PySpark, Spark, and Python
• Drive adoption and best practices for Palantir Foundry (data pipelines, ontology, workflows, and operational applications)
• Architect and optimize high-performance data processing solutions for large-scale datasets
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineers, ensuring code quality and best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business, analytics, data science) to translate requirements into scalable solutions
• Design robust data models, ETL/ELT frameworks, and data integration strategies
• Ensure data quality, governance, security, and compliance across enterprise data platforms
• Lead performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization of data pipelines
• Drive CI/CD implementation, code reviews, and release management
• Stay current with emerging data engineering technologies and recommend improvements

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