Backend Engineer: DevSecOps, Cloud & GIS

Freedom Technology Solutions Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Life and disability insurance

Company events

Work-life balance

Job summary

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Backend Developer to support our client’s intelligence analysis products and capabilities. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable backend services, modern tech stacks, and rapid prototyping in an agile environment.

You will work on geospatial data processing, API integrations, and CI/CD automation while mentoring junior team members and contributing to architecture and delivery metrics.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of backend software development experience.
• Experience with DevSecOps pipelines, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins).
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, etc.).
• Containerization expertise (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience with geospatial data frameworks and APIs (GeoServer, PostGIS, ArcGIS).
• Using GitLab for code source repository and GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience working independently with clients or stakeholders to develop user stories for full-service consumer and business applications.
• Experience with government and/or commercial imagery products, including SAR or related RADAR imaging technologies.
• Developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and working with open-source and proprietary geospatial formats.
• Using and developing geospatial tools and data formats such as Boundless Spatial, Remote View, PostGRES/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, ArcGIS Desktop/Server, Image Server, File Geodatabases; formats: KML, KMZ, NITF, TIFF, JPEG, GeoPDF.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain secure, automated DevSecOps pipelines for CI/CD.
• Lead containerized solution deployments across hybrid and cloud (AWS) environments.
• Implement and optimize geospatial data processing and API integrations.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and improve system performance.
• Mentor junior developers and review code contributions.
• Contribute to system architecture discussions and recommend improvements.
• Provide input on deliverables, schedules, and performance metrics.
• Participate in rapid prototyping to quickly iterate and improve solutions.
• Utilize modern technology stacks to meet client needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Skills

Backend development

Agile methodologies

Mentoring

Client collaboration

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS

GeoServer

PostGIS

ArcGIS

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Oracle Spatial

Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Backend Developer to support our client’s intelligence analysis products and capabilities. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable backend services, modern tech stacks, and rapid prototyping in an agile environment.

You will work on geospatial data processing, API integrations, and CI/CD automation while mentoring junior team members and contributing to architecture and delivery metrics.