Software Engineer Level 4

RPMGlobal; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer Level 4 to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems supporting mission-focused environments. This role concentrates on backend development, data engineering, and API development, with emphasis on Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and scalable integrations.

You will collaborate across teams to design robust software, ensure performance, and apply industry best practices in a high-security setting. Strong TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Backend developer experience.
• Data engineering and API development experience.
• Experience building scalable systems with Python and FastAPI.
• Experience designing and managing PostgreSQL databases with efficient SQL and indexing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems, including analytics and real-time data processing.
• Contribute to software component design with hardware/software trade-offs and system-level requirements.
• Design, implement, and integrate software applications and APIs.
• Apply engineering methodologies to ensure repeatable, high-quality delivery.

Skills

Backend development

Data engineering

API development

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Education

High School Diploma or GED with 13+ years

Associate degree with 11+ years

Bachelor's degree with 9+ years

Master's degree with 7+ years

PhD with 5+ years

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer Level 4 to develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems supporting mission-focused environments. This role is centered on backend development, data engineering, and API development, with emphasis on building scalable systems using Python and FastAPI, designing and managing PostgreSQL databases, and supporting high-performance integrations across high-speed, high-volume, mission-critical, data-sensitive systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems, based upon documented requirements.
• Provide specific input to software component design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from the system level to individual software components.
• Design, implement, and integrate software applications or perform software engineering tasks.
• Utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
• Ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Mitigate risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manage large-scale, integrated software projects.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience as a backend developer.
• Demonstrated experience in data engineering and API development.
• Experience building scalable systems with Python and FastAPI.
• Experience designing and managing PostgreSQL databases with efficient SQL and indexing strategies.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Proficiency in FastAPI.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in Elasticsearch.
• Experience building high-performance API connections between high-speed, high-volume, mission-critical, data-sensitive systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting processing-intensive analytics environments.
• Experience working with extremely large data sets.
• Experience supporting real-time systems.
• Experience contributing to software design decisions involving software reuse, COTS/GOTS, and system-to-component requirements analysis.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 13 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 11 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 9 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 7 years of experience.
• PhD with 5 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.