Principal Data Storage Architect and Systems Lead

SciTec; Boulder (CO); Presencial; USD 164.000 - 218.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match

Company-paid health/dental/vision

Parental leave

Paid time off

Flexible work hours

Profit sharing

Descripción de la vacante

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Data Storage Domain. You will define storage strategies, build reference implementations, and mentor engineers to adopt robust persistence and retrieval practices for mission-critical data processing.

You will evaluate workloads, guide schema design, and ensure consistency, durability, and performance across systems in a DoD-facing environment. Boulder-based, on-site, with strong compensation.

Formación

• 10+ years designing, implementing, and troubleshooting production software systems.
• Deep expertise with relational databases and storage technologies.
• Proven ability to benchmark, document, and guide adoption of storage practices.

Responsabilidades

• Assess current storage technologies and data access patterns across teams.
• Define evaluation criteria and benchmark against workloads.
• Create reference implementations, ADRs, and tuning guides.
• Shape data modeling, indexing, and performance optimization.
• Advise on caching, replication, and lifecycle management.
• Lead cross-team reviews and ensure consistent adoption of practices.
• Collaborate with deployment and workload domains on end-to-end throughput.
• Track outcomes against baselines and report to leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Backend languages

Python

Go

Java

C++

TypeScript/Node.js

Linux

Prototyping

Benchmarking

Technical writing

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or a related technical field

Herramientas

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

MongoDB

Redis

Memcached

AWS S3

Reference architectures

Descripción del empleo

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Data Storage Domain. You will define storage strategies, build reference implementations, and mentor engineers to adopt robust persistence and retrieval practices for mission-critical data processing.

You will evaluate workloads, guide schema design, and ensure consistency, durability, and performance across systems in a DoD-facing environment. Boulder-based, on-site, with strong compensation.