Digital Engineering Developer — DevOps & Data Pipelines

Inuplands; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Draper, an independent nonprofit R&D organization, seeks a Digital Engineering Developer for the DREAM group in Cambridge, MA. You will design, implement, and maintain Python and Java services that power data flow and analytics, containerizing apps with Docker/Podman and supporting CI/CD workflows.

With 3–5 years in Software Engineering, you’ll collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, follow QMS standards, and grow expertise in cloud-native patterns while contributing to cross-domain data

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field.
• 3-5 years of software engineering experience.
• Foundational software infrastructure concepts and programming in Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software-centric infrastructure for national security programs.
• Containerize and orchestrate applications using Docker/Podman; build reproducible environments.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automate builds, tests, and deployments.

Skills

Python

Java

Docker

Podman

CI/CD

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Podman

Git

CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins)

Job description

Draper, an independent nonprofit R&D organization, seeks a Digital Engineering Developer for the DREAM group in Cambridge, MA. You will design, implement, and maintain Python and Java services that power data flow and analytics, containerizing apps with Docker/Podman and supporting CI/CD workflows.

With 3–5 years in Software Engineering, you’ll collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, follow QMS standards, and grow expertise in cloud-native patterns while contributing to cross-domain data