Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Graph Systems

Inca Digital; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Healthcare stipend

Childcare stipends

Employee assistance resources

Job summary

Inca Digital is seeking a Software Engineer for Data Infrastructure & Graph Systems to design, build, and scale data products and infrastructure. You will own core engineering initiatives, working with the Head of R&D to integrate data from blockchains, exchanges, social networks, and financial markets.

The role focuses on end-to-end data pipelines, graph analytics, and real-time APIs, with a strong emphasis on provenance, security, and scalable architectures in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• U.S. Tier 3 background investigation; generally limited to U.S. citizens.
• Proficient in Python.
• Experience designing and operating production data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Deep PostgreSQL experience (self-managed or RDS/Aurora); schema design and query optimization.
• Graph data modeling and network analysis experience; Neo4j and Cypher preferred; Neptune or comparable graph database acceptable.
• Production experience deploying and configuring containerized services to AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate end-to-end data infrastructure and solutions for APIs, containerized apps, automated reporting, and graph visualizations.
• Model and deploy relational, document, and graph databases to support workflows and large-scale network analysis.
• Build ETL/ELT pipelines ingesting diverse data sources from internal databases, REST APIs, blockchain nodes, and third-party feeds.
• Own data quality, lineage, and reproducibility; ensure provenance for enforcement actions and litigation.
• Automate orchestration, system integration, and deployment via CI/CD (GitHub Actions) into AWS cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Head of R&D, data scientists, and investigations teams to translate requirements into production software.
• Make architecture decisions, evaluate new tech, and tackle ambiguous problems across crypto, finance, and national security.

Skills

Python

PostgreSQL

Graph databases

AWS

Containerization

Data infrastructure

Background check (Tier 3)

Terraform

Go (nice to have)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenSearch/MongoDB

SQS/SNS, Kafka

Job description

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Graph Systems

United States

About Us: Inca Digital is a veteran-owned data and intelligence company specializing in digital-asset analytics for exchanges, financial institutions, regulators, and blockchain ecosystems. Our technology and expertise provide clarity across crypto markets, tracking blockchain transactions, liquidity movements, and illicit finance, helping clients identify risk, enhance transparency, and improve decision-making. Inca’s infrastructure fuses structured and unstructured data from blockchains, exchanges, social networks, and financial markets. The result is a powerful analytics engine that supports ecosystem monitoring, market surveillance, and counter–illicit finance intelligence across digital-asset networks. Inca operates as a fast-paced, nimble, global, and remote technology company. We leverage an asynchronous‑first workflow, try to minimize time spent on meetings, and believe in open debate and logic over authority. Work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the world, including intelligence analysts, defense veterans, data engineers, quant researchers, linguists, and more.

Role Overview: As a Software Engineer on our Research & Development Team, you will help design, build, and scale new data products, infrastructure, and investigative tools from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Head of R&D, you will play a central role in system integration, feature design, and product prioritization while taking direct ownership of core engineering initiatives.

The R&D team is the engine behind Inca’s intelligence platform. We consume, process, store, and analyze massive streams of internal and external data, transforming complex, interconnected datasets into actionable, production-grade APIs, graph analytics, interactive dashboards, and real-time alert systems used directly by our clients.

What You'll Own

• Design, build, and operate end-to-end data infrastructure and solutions for delivering APIs, custom containerized applications, automated alerting/reporting, and graph-based visualizations to federal and commercial clients.
• Model and deploy relational, document, and graph databases for supporting investigative workflows and large-scale network analysis.
• Build resilient ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, normalize, and reconcile structured and semi-structured data from internal databases, REST APIs, blockchain nodes, and third-party feeds.
• Own data quality, lineage, and reproducibility. Our outputs support enforcement actions and litigation, so provenance is a product requirement, not a nice-to-have.
• Automate orchestration, systems integration, and deployment through CI/CD (GitHub Actions) into AWS cloud environments.
• Partner with the Head of R&D, data scientists, and our specialized investigations teams to translate intelligence requirements into production software.
• Make and document architecture decisions, evaluate new technology, and cut through genuinely ambiguous problems spanning crypto, finance, and national security.

What We Require

• You must be able to pass a U.S. Tier 3 background investigation, which under federal rules is generally limited to U.S. citizens.
• Proficient in Python.
• Proven experience designing and operating production data infrastructure and pipelines — systems you were responsible for when they broke, not only contributed to.
• Deep PostgreSQL experience (self-managed or RDS/Aurora), including schema design and query optimization.
• Graph data modeling and network analysis experience. Neo4j and Cypher preferred; Neptune or a comparable graph database is fine. Comprehensive grasp of architectural trade-offs when deploying graph-based systems, including specific performance advantages and technical limitations.
• Production experience deploying and configuring containerized services to AWS.

Nice to Have

• Infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform).
• Go as an additional language.
• An active TS/SCI. We sponsor investigations for candidates without one, and you can begin work before adjudication completes.
• Message queues and event-driven data pipelines (SQS/SNS, Kafka), and search or document stores (OpenSearch, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with blockchain ledger data, smart contracts, or blockchain analytics. You will ramp meaningfully faster with it, and we weigh this heavily.
• NLP techniques, LLM integration, or building and evaluating ML models.
• Background in financial services or trading venues, or familiarity with SEC, CFTC, or FinCEN regulatory frameworks.
• Experience operating in FedRAMP, AWS GovCloud, or NIST 800-171 environments.
• We operate in a fully remote, high-trust environment and prioritize impact and delivered results over hours logged.
• We offer competitive compensation and healthcare stipend.
• We invest in our people through childcare stipends and dedicated employee assistance resources.
• Join a thought leader at the intersection of national security and digital assets, working with cutting-edge tech that defines the field.

Curious about how we build at Inca Digital? Hear directly from our Head of R&D on how our team builds the infrastructure that powers Inca's intelligence, merging financial, natural language, and blockchain data into custom dashboards and automation tools built around each client's needs.

Inclusion & Equal Opportunity: As a veteran-owned company, Inca Digital thrives on diverse perspectives, specifically across race, gender, neurodivergence, and veteran status, to solve complex data challenges. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer; all qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to protected status, including disability or national origin.