Principal Software Engineer - Data & Spark Expert

Praxis Engineering; Maryland; On-site; USD 176,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Praxis Engineering seeks a Software Engineer Principal to transform technology into opportunity for mission-critical government projects. You will design and optimize data ingestion and processing pipelines, leveraging Spark, Airflow, and Python/Java across complex analytics workloads.

The role requires extensive expertise in dataflow design, distributed processing, and strong Linux scripting skills, with TS/SCI w/ Polygraph clearance. Onsite work in Maryland is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree required.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Security clearance TS/SCI w/ Polygraph required.
• Experience with Linux, Python and Java development.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize data ingress/egress pathways for analytics workloads.
• Develop and maintain data processing pipelines using Spark and Airflow.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure scalable and reliable data processing.

Skills

Java (Programming Language)

Linux

Python Software Development

Scripting

Education

Bachelor of Science

Tools

Apache Airflow

Apache Spark

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

Jupyter Notebook

Pandas/Numpy

Job description

Praxis Engineering seeks a Software Engineer Principal to transform technology into opportunity for mission-critical government projects. You will design and optimize data ingestion and processing pipelines, leveraging Spark, Airflow, and Python/Java across complex analytics workloads.

The role requires extensive expertise in dataflow design, distributed processing, and strong Linux scripting skills, with TS/SCI w/ Polygraph clearance. Onsite work in Maryland is expected.