Secret – Senior Backend Engineer, Event Systems

Insight Global; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer, Event Systems to support a mission-application modernization program that unifies access across a portfolio of production applications: one sign-on, one work surface, and a repeatable pattern for onboarding applications to a shared platform.

You will implement feeds from existing applications using CDC, API polling, and gateway queries; design and build the work-item projection in PostgreSQL with state only, schema-enforced, hash-chained

Qualifications

• 7+ years in backend and data engineering with production CDC and Kafka-compatible brokers.
• Strong PostgreSQL; event-driven integration with legacy systems.
• Experience with Java, Go, or TypeScript; Kubernetes; AWS MSK.

Responsibilities

• Implement feeds from existing applications using change data capture (Debezium), API polling, and gateway queries.
• Normalize to CloudEvents and design the work-item projection in PostgreSQL with state, hash-chained history and exactly-once recovery.

Skills

Backend engineering

Data engineering

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Java

Go

TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS MSK

Debezium

Tools

Debezium

CloudEvents

Kafka-compatible brokers

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer, Event Systems to support a mission-application modernization program that unifies access across a portfolio of production applications: one sign-on, one work surface, and a repeatable pattern for onboarding applications to a shared platform, while the existing applications continue to run and are sustained by the same team, for a Department of War (DoW) customer. Event and data engineering:-Implement feeds from existing applications using change data capture (Debezium), API polling, and gateway queries; normalize to CloudEvents.-Design and build the work-item projection in PostgreSQL: state only, schema-enforced, with hash-chained history and hand-off receipts; exactly-once recovery and truthful status during outages.

Skills and Requirements

• Minimum Interim Secret Clearance
• 7+ years in backend and data engineering with production CDC and Kafka-compatible brokers.
• Strong PostgreSQL; event-driven integration with legacy systems.
• Experience with Java, Go, or TypeScript; Kubernetes; AWS MSK.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].