Mission (Data) Engineer

Atreides; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Vacation time

Job summary

Atreides is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build full‑stack, cloud‑native data solutions on Azure, focusing on pipelines and automation. You will collaborate with customers, infra engineers, and data analysts to translate requirements into automated, scalable systems.

The role involves deploying 180–240 days per year in-theater across partner countries, ensuring high availability, data security, and rapid delivery of data-driven insights for defense and mission-critical applications.

Qualifications

• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte, Next.js.
• Experience with implementing HTTP methods and integrating web APIs.
• Experience with relational SQL, OLAP databases, and data lakes.
• Familiarity with data formats like JSON, Protobuff, XML.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience with MVC/web servers (WebSockets, Nginx).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build intuitive UIs to query, visualize, and export data.
• Ensure high availability for customer systems.
• Develop scalable data aggregation and deployment-ready solutions.
• Implement data querying and visualization stacks.
• Optimize storage tiers (hot/cold/glacier).
• Collaborate with engineers to meet application requirements.
• Provide on-call support and maintain documentation.

Skills

React

Angular

Svelte

Next.js

Web APIs

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Job Title: Data Engineer

Company Overview:

Atreides helps organizations transform large and complex multi-modal datasets into information-rich geo-spatial data subscriptions that can be used across a wide spectrum of use cases. Currently, Atreides focuses on providing high-fidelity data solutions to enable customers to derive insights quickly.

Team Overview:

We are a passionate team of technologists, data scientists, and analysts with backgrounds in operational intelligence, law enforcement, large multinationals, and cybersecurity operations. We obsess about designing products that will change the way global companies, governments and nonprofits protect themselves from external threats and global adversaries.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a skilled Data/Software Engineer with a focus on
full-stack engineering, data, and DevOps to deliver automated end-to-end solutions within a cloud-native environment. Your role will involve designing, implementing, and
maintaining
scalable,
full-stack software solutions within
the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, with an emphasis on data pipelines and automation solutions. You will collaborate closely with customers, infrastructure engineers, and data analysts to translate business and technical requirements into efficient, automated solutions that enable data-driven decision-making and operational excellence.

The role will be USINDOPACOM-focused, with an expected annual commitment of 180 - 240 days deployed in-theater across partner countries, including South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, or Japan. The ideal candidate will thrive at the intersection of data, technology, and mission, leveraging commercial data and multi-intelligence fusion to support complex operational and strategic needs.

Team Principles:

• Remain curious and passionate in all aspects of our work

• Promote clear, direct, and transparent communication

• Embrace the 'measure twice, cut once' philosophy

• Value and encourage diverse ideas and technologies

• Lead with empathy in all interactions

Responsibilities:

• Build intuitive user experiences for our customer systems to query, visualize and export data from data fusion engines.

• Ensure high availability for customer facing systems, meeting strict customer availability requirements.

• Build software solutions focusing on data aggregation that are scalable, repeatable, and rapidly deployable

• Implement code stacks facilitate data querying and visualization

• Optimize data storage solutions, including hot, cold, and glacier storage tiers.

• Collaborate with other software engineers to implement code and infrastructure that effectively supports application requirements.

• Ensure data security and implement necessary measures to protect sensitive information.

• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance.

• Provide direct support and troubleshooting on implemented systems for the customer, including after-hours on-call support on a rotating basis.

• Document infrastructure design, data engineering processes, and maintain comprehensive documentation.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with front-end programming frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte, Next.js, and/or similar

• Experience with implementing HTTP Methods and integrating with web APIs

• Experience with multiple database types - relational SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), OLAP (DuckDB, Starrocks), datalake (iceberg, snowflake)

• Familiarity with data formats such as JSON, Protobuff, and XML

• Familiarity with Dev/Ops and CI/CD Tools such as Infrastructure as Code, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, etc.

• Experience with MVC-style web application architecture and web server technologies like WebSockets, Nginx, etc.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think quickly in a high-performance environment.

• Effective communication skills to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive salary

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans

• Flexible hybrid work environment

• Additional benefits like flexible hours, work travel opportunities, competitive vacation time and parental leave

While meeting all of these criteria would be ideal, we understand that some candidates may meet most, but not all. If you're passionate, curious and ready to “work smart and get things done,” we'd love to hear from you.