Software Engineer Level 5

RPMGlobal; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer Level 5 to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems for mission-focused environments. This role emphasizes backend development, data engineering, and API work using Python and FastAPI, with PostgreSQL design and scalable integrations for high-speed, data-sensitive systems.

The position requires active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph and extensive experience in backend engineering, API development, and database management.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Backend developer experience.
• Data engineering and API development experience.
• Experience with Python and FastAPI.
• Experience designing and managing PostgreSQL databases with efficient SQL and indexing.
• Proficiency in Elasticsearch.
• Experience building high-performance API connections between high-speed, high-volume systems.
• Strong SQL/scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems including analytics and real-time components.
• Contribute to software component design and trade-offs for hardware/software integration.
• Design, implement, and integrate software applications and tasks.
• Apply software engineering methodologies suitable for development and production environments.
• Ensure repeatable, standards-based delivery of capabilities.
• Mitigate risks, control costs, and manage large-scale software projects.
• Review and test components and document results.

Skills

Backend development

API development

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree with 14 years of experience

Master's Degree with 12 years of experience

PhD with 10 years of experience

Associates Degree with 16 years of experience

High School Diploma/ GED with 18 years of experience

Tools

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer Level 5 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 18 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 16 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 14 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 12 years of experience.
• PhD with 10 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.