812114 Software Engineer $240,000.00

B4Corp; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan with employer match

Medical insurance

PTO 7 weeks/year + holidays

Referral bonus $3,000/year

Job summary

B4Corp in Herndon, VA is seeking a Software Development Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and a Polygraph. The role focuses on designing event-driven architectures and scalable data pipelines. You will implement robust, modular systems emphasizing observability, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting.

Proficiency in Python, Kafka, and distributed systems is required, with strong emphasis on modular design and access control. Core hours are 9am–4pm, on-site in Herndon, VA.

Qualifications

• Mandatory: 0-2 years’ developmental experience.
• Mandatory: 3-5 years’ full performance experience.
• Mandatory: 6-10 years’ senior experience.
• Mandatory: 11-15 years’ expert experience.
• Mandatory: 16+ years’ SME experience.
• Must know Python, Kafka, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Design, Asynchronous Coding, Concurrency, JSON, Fault Tolerance, Observability, Grafana, ELK.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust event-driven architectures for scalable data pipelines.
• Develop modular systems for new data formats and domains with strong access control.
• Build dashboards and monitoring solutions to ensure real-time observability and fault tolerance.

Skills

Python

Kafka

Distributed Systems

Event-Driven Design

Asynchronous Coding

Concurrency

JSON

Fault Tolerance

Observability

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Labor Category: Software Engineer

Position Title: Software Engineer

Position Level: Level 2 – Expert

Salary: Up to $240,000.00 per year

Core Hours: 9am to 4pm

Location: Herndon VA

Role Overview

As a Software Development Engineer in this role, you will focus on designing and implementing robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and enable comprehensive tracking of events across diverse data pipelines. Your work will involve developing modular systems that support seamless integration with new data formats and domains, ensuring scalability and adaptability as business needs evolve. You will be responsible for building solutions that prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting, all while maintaining high standards for record keeping in a digital environment. Leveraging your expertise, you will help create frameworks that allow for granular monitoring and rapid response to system events, supporting the organization’s commitment to operational excellence.

To excel in this position, you should be comfortable working with technologies such as Python for asynchronous and concurrent programming, Kafka for distributed messaging, and JSON for data interchange. Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana and the ELK stack will be essential for building dashboards and monitoring system health. Experience with distributed systems, event-driven design patterns, and implementing fault-tolerant architectures will be highly beneficial. Exposure to best practices in modular software design, access management, and scalable pipeline development will further support your success as you contribute to expanding the organization’s data infrastructure.

Mandatory Requirements

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)
• Python
• Kafka
• Distributed Systems
• Event-Driven Design
• Asynchronous Coding
• Concurrency
• JSON
• Fault Tolerance
• Observability
• Grafana
• ELK

Optional Requirements

Experience with access control in event-driven architectures

• Expertise in modular system design for data pipelines
• Familiarity with alerting and record-keeping solutions
• Knowledge of expanding architectures to support multiple data domains and formats

Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.