Senior Software Developer

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Job summary

Radiance Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Software & Systems Engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of geospatial evaluation software for NGA IV&V framework. You will prototype pipelines, UI toolbox, and secure deployments across unclassified to TS/SCI networks.

The role requires DoD/IC standards, 7+ years in software and systems architecture, GEOINT experience, and strong Python/Java/Go skills, plus Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/C2S.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• 7+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience.
• GEOINT experience with imagery, 3D tiles, or mapping.
• Proficient in Python, Go or Java for data pipelines.
• Experience building web applications with React, Vue, or Angular.
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and secure cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design of the GeoSURE system for DoD/IC standards.
• Build automated pipelines for GEOINT data ingestion and IV&V metrics.
• Design secure storage architectures for metadata tagging and archival.
• Develop the GeoSURE Toolbox front-end with advanced geospatial analysis.
• Implement DevSecOps deployment to NGA environments.
• Ensure SWAP compliance including code scanning and ATO.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

GEOINT experience

Systems architecture

ETL pipelines

Frontend development

DevSecOps culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

Python

Go

Java

React

Vue

Angular

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS/C2S

Job description

Radiance is seeking a Senior Software & Systems Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment ofGeospatial evaluation software. This initiative aims to build a scalable, repeatable, and trustworthy Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) framework for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) commercial and R&D GEOINT products (including imagery, geospatial data, 3D GEOINT, and mapping products). In this role, you will transition manual, large-scale evaluation efforts into an automated, centralized enterprise system. You will design data pipelines, build a modern front-end visualization toolbox, and deploy secure software across NGA’s unclassified, Secret, and TS/SCI networks.

Salary : $150K-175K

Key Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Design:Lead the architectural design of the GeoSURE system, ensuring scalability, repeatability, and compliance with DoD/IC standards.
• Pipeline Development:Build and optimize robust, automated pipelines for: GEOINT Data Ingestion:Integrating diverse data sources such as GRiD, NCL, and GEGD. IV&V Metrics Ingest:Creating a unified pipeline to ingest, validate, and assess data quality, accuracy, and integrity.
• Data Outputs & Storage:Designing secure, efficient storage architectures optimized for metadata tagging, fast retrieval, and long-term archival.
• UI & Toolbox Development:Develop theGeoSURE Toolbox, an intuitive, user-centric front-end interface featuring modern visualization tools, 3D/4D rendering, and advanced geospatial/temporal analysis capabilities.
• Secure DevSecOps Deployment:Establish automated scripts and configuration processes to deploy the GeoSURE baseline and its enhancements to NGA’s Research Lab Environment (RLE) and Common Operations Release Environment (CORE).
• Security Compliance:Ensure all software packages adhere to Software Assurance and Protection (SWAP) requirements, including rigorous code scanning, vulnerability mitigation, and obtaining authorization to operate (ATO) on IC networks.

Required Qualifications

• Security Clearance:Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
• Experience:7+ years of professional software engineering and systems architecture experience, preferably supporting NGA or the broader Intelligence Community (IC).
• Geospatial Expertise:Proven experience working with GEOINT products (imagery, vector data, 3D tiles, or mapping products) and geospatial libraries (e.g., GDAL, PDAL, Leaflet, Cesium, or Esri APIs).
• Backend & Pipeline Engineering:Strong proficiency in languages like Python, Go, or Java, with experience building ETL/data ingestion pipelines and integrating with enterprise databases.
• Front-End Development:Experience building modern, interactive web applications (React, Vue, or Angular) to support data visualization and user workflows.
• DevSecOps & Cloud:Hands‑on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deploying software within secure AWS/C2S cloud environments.
• Education:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with NGA systems and data repositories (GRiD, NSG Consolidated Library (NCL), or Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (GEGD)) CI Poly Familiarity with NGA’s Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) and RLE deployment frameworks.
• Experience navigating the SWAP (Software Assurance and Protection) approval process and IC security compliance.
• Experience with advanced geospatial analysis, 3D/4D data rendering, or time-series analysis.

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Employee-Ownership Radiance is a proud employee-owned company! Employee-ownership benefits both our customers and workforce, and ensures that Radiance doesn’t have to answer to stockholders or be driven by quarterly earnings reports. Thus, Radiance will always prioritize enhancing our customer’s mission over expanding our bottom line. We are singularly focused on providing our customers with game-changing solutions to their most challenging requirements. This is only possible because employee-ownership attracts the highest quality employees, empowers them to identify capability enhancements, and provides them with the freedom to take risks to deliver high-quality solutions. Employee-ownership also provides tangible and long-term financial security for our people and their families. Therefore, employee-ownership embodies participation, empowerment, freedom, teaming, excellence, accountability, mission focus, and security.

Our Culture

Radiance’s culture is driven by our commitment to our customers and our employee-owners. Our employee-owners thrive on entrepreneurship, empowerment, and mutual responsibility for growth and sustainability. Our culture consists of individuals who embody technical and leadership skills to deliver superior solutions to the nation’s toughest technical challenges. We believe building trust and credibility with our customers leads to long-term results. We invest in a superior technical workforce where leaders are developed, innovation is encouraged, and achievements are recognized. We seek innovative ways to improve, experiment, take risks, foster collaboration, and empower our employee-owners.

Our Values

Our values drive our culture, business model, and daily interactions. These values constantly remind us of who we are and what we do. Our employee-owners influence how we operate our business. We relentlessly pursue operating excellence by innovating, improving our processes, and reducing waste. We believe in being wise and ethical stewards of capital and resources. Our values dictate how we interact with each other and our customers, partners, and suppliers. Honesty, trust, humanity, alignment, and value creation require that we treat our employees with dignity and respect and provide them with fair compensation and equal employment opportunity. We believe in connecting with our communities and have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, and we believe in sustainable business practices, which include supporting the environment and the communities in which we work.