Senior Platform Engineer: Data Tooling & Dev Experience

Trusted Concepts, Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development, maintenance, and support of core data-migration tooling, API wrappers, and shared backend infrastructure packages. This role focuses on developer experience and treating data frameworks as internal products to empower cross-functional feature teams.

The position is full-time and hybrid, requiring three days per week at our Arlington, VA office.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of Python development experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience configuring and working with relational databases.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting structural data migrations.
• Experience developing software in a Unix or Linux environment.
• Experience building, running, and troubleshooting containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Git and Jira within an agile development workflow.
• Demonstrated passion for learning and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar codebases.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting skills and the ability to ask effective technical questions of engineers and product managers.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Take Technical Ownership of Platform Services: Drive the development, maintenance, and production support of our shared backend infrastructure packages and core data-migration suites.
• Deliver Tools as a Service: Package core backend and database utilities into versioned, independently hosted internal packages, allowing feature teams to easily upgrade or revert versions to stay unblocked.
• Modernize Infrastructure: Lead the migration of internal platform tooling from Docker to Kubernetes to optimize system scalability.
• Enforce Automated Guardrails: Collaborate with our infrastructure engineers to integrate automated schema validation and database linting tools directly into our monorepo CI/CD pipelines.
• Support Stakeholders and Estimates: Partner with Product Managers and Team Leads to develop technical estimates and requirement specifications for complex engineering needs.
• Investigate System Behavior: Troubleshoot production issues by analyzing logs, schemas, and system performance; form testable hypotheses to resolve underlying architectural bottlenecks.
• Provide Technical Guidance: Serve as a technical mentor for other engineers across the organization, actively contributing to our internal Architecture Guild to align team standards.

Skills

Python

APIs

Unix/Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Git

Jira

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Git

Jira

CI/CD

Job description

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development, maintenance, and support of core data-migration tooling, API wrappers, and shared backend infrastructure packages. This role focuses on developer experience and treating data frameworks as internal products to empower cross-functional feature teams.

The position is full-time and hybrid, requiring three days per week at our Arlington, VA office.