Software Engineer

Whitespace; Alexandria (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Unlimited PTO

Federal Holiday Paid Leave

12 weeks of paid Parental Leave

Employer paid STD/LTD

Employer Paid Life Insurance

401K plan and Employer Match

Professional Development Assistance

Equity Incentive Plan

Job summary

Whitespace (GeoDelphi, Inc.) seeks a Software Engineer to build cutting-edge solutions within our Answers platform. This fully remote role requires US citizenship and residence in the contiguous United States.

You will contribute to the engine layer, collaborating with Agile teams and delivering high-quality Java and Python code with strong DevOps practices. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you’ll help design, develop, test, and release software components, while aligning with customer

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in a software engineering role.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production software.
• Strong coding abilities focusing on quality and testability.
• Proficient in Java and Python.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software development processes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, JIRA, Jenkins.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and query optimization.
• Experience gathering client requirements and automating workflows.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, design, implement, and test software geared towards population simulation
• Work with customers/end users to define project requirements, and turn those requirements into an achievable timeline
• Collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in back-end development tools and technologies
• Write well designed, testable, and efficient code in various languages, primarily Java.
• Recommend changes to improve established application processes
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Provide technical support and consultation for application and infrastructure questions

Skills

Java

Python

DevOps

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Requirements gathering

Tools

GitLab

JIRA

Confluence

Jenkins

Nexus

Job description

Software Engineer

GeoDelphi, Inc. dba Whitespace is seeking a dynamic and innovative Software Engineer to build cutting-edge solutions within our Answers platform. You'll be essential to our Answers platform digital offering which is broken into a technological stack that is comprised of a source, engine, analytic, and a story layer. The engineering team is the technological backbone of our Answers platform working in the 'engine layer' to discover the ground truth. You'll work with a team of engineers and developers designing tools to provide technical solutions to complex questions. The ideal candidate is creative, a problem solver, developer, designer, and appreciates delivering high-quality products. This position will report to the VP of Engineering.

This position is 100% remote! The candidate MUST be a US citizen and reside in the contiguous United States. The candidate must be a W2 employee of GeoDelphi, Inc. No 3rd party applications.

Location

Remote / Alexandria, VA

Clearance

Active TS/SCI or eligibility to be cleared

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research, develop, design, implement, and test software geared towards population simulation
• Work with customers/end users to define project requirements, and turn those requirements into an achievable timeline
• Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in back-end development tools and technologies
• Write well designed, testable, and efficient code in various languages, primarily Java.
• Recommend changes to improve established application processes
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Provide technical support and consultation for application and infrastructure questions

EXPERIENCE

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a software engineering role
• Experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production software
• Strong coding abilities emphasizing quality and testability in your work.
• Utilize programming languages such as Java and Python
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and software CM processes/tools (GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and query optimization
• Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with population simulation, or other data simulation
• Experience with geospatial engineering
• Experience with Big Data processing tools, such as Spark/Hadoop, Google's BigQuery, AWS's Athena and EMR
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure
• Strong data visualization skills

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Unlimited PTO
• Federal Holiday Paid Leave
• 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave
• Employer paid STD/LTD
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 401K plan and Employer Match
• Professional Development Assistance
• Equity Incentive Plan