Senior Software Engineer

Peregrine; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Peregrine in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering teams. You will own major features and collaborate with design and product management to build robust, scalable systems for real-time collaboration and data-intensive maps.

You will work on a modern stack including Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, Kafka, React/Redux/Mapbox, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Bedrock and Sagemaker, deployed on AWS with Pulumi, Terraform and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish.
• Passion for shipping software solutions that delight users.
• Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems.
• Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field; 4+ years cross-functional experience.
• Experience shipping production-grade software components.
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems.

Responsibilities

• Own large portions of the application end-to-end across stacks.
• Design scalable permission systems for cross-organizational data sharing.
• Architect frameworks for secure collaboration with data sovereignty and controlled sharing.
• Collaborate closely with design and product management to deliver robust features.
• Work with backend (Python/Django) and frontend (React/Redux, Mapbox) teams in a modern cloud environment.

Skills

Ownership of features

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving in ambiguity

Software design & architecture

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Django

Celery

Airflow

Kafka

React

Redux

Mapbox

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Bedrock

Sagemaker

AWS

Pulumi

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Backed by leading investors from Silicon Valley, Peregrine supports public safety agencies across the country — from Los Angeles to Louisville to Atlanta — empowering public servants to improve operations and make better decisions in the moments that matter. Today, our technology is used by customers to serve more than 30 million Americans. We’re motivated to build technologies by partnering with our customers; we listen to their needs, learn from their experiences, and develop effective solutions to help them achieve transformational outcomes. Together, we’re creating safer communities, protecting privacy and civil liberties, and helping everyone in America thrive.

We are a team of public service entrepreneurs who are passionate about solving hard problems. We trust and help each other, and love diving into challenges together. We believe empathy, curiosity, integrity, courage, and excellent execution are key to building impactful software. If mission-focused work is your north star, come build with us. We’re just getting started.

Our Team

As an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. Seeing how people use the product is a priority and the way we get to the right answer. Engineers will have the opportunity to work closely with our team onsite to understand the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering teams. You’ll work cross-functionally with design and product management to build systems that are robust, scalable, and user-centered. Our teams tackle a range of challenges, from enabling real-time user collaboration on detailed maps to building high-scale backend architecture for ingesting billions of data points.

We value both ownership and collaboration—you will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers to drive them to completion. We believe that humility and empathy are essential for building the right solutions—you will collaborate directly with our deployment team and users as we iterate to solve their problems. Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision.

Role

We are looking for strong developers to join our small but growing team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll have vast ownership across our stacks, making decisions that will have an outsized impact for years to come.

You’ll take on some of our most complex challenges—like designing scalable permission systems to manage access to terabytes of data across thousands of organizations. You’ll help build intuitive controls that let organizations decide what data to share, when to share it, and with whom. You’ll also architect frameworks for secure collaboration, enabling seamless partnerships while maintaining data sovereignty and compliance. And you’ll create advanced sharing mechanisms that strike the right balance between openness and security to unlock the full potential of cross-organizational collaboration.

Our stack is constantly evolving but based on a backend foundation of Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, and Kafka; a frontend built in React, Redux, and Mapbox; data stores including PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch; machine learning models hosted in Bedrock and Sagemaker; and with AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, and Kubernetes as our underlying infrastructure.

About you

• Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish
• Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users
• Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems
• Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components

What we look for

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 4 + years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams
• Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source community
• Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems
• Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases
• Located in Washington, D.C. and open to working in office

Salary Range: $130,000 - $250,000 Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here.

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.