Job Summary:
Senior Software Engineer This position at Data Society will entail a variety of software engineering skills related to full-stack development in support of data-centric tasks and building scalable systems. You will be part of a small engineering and data science team primarily focused on supporting one of our major customers; when not engaged in a customer facing project, you will also build and maintain internally facing products. Experience and/or education in electrical engineering, working with SCADA applications, signal processing or a related discipline is strongly preferred for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Design and assemble from a blank slate the full stack solutions that will support our internal and external customers.
- Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites. Work with cloud, distributed computing, DevOps, containerization with Docker, CI/CD, provide support to our data science team that usually works in data-centric environments using Python and other languages.
- Use a variety of team productivity tools like Jira and Slack internally, and flexibility to use other tools that customers utilize for their operations.
- Design, develop, and test systems using various configuration management technologies.
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, business users, project managers and other engineers to create elegant solutions.
- Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
- Comply with CMMC and ISO privacy and quality standards.
Skillset:
- An array of languages and tools that enable both backend and frontend support (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, React), as well as shell scripting (e.g. bash, powershell) and familiarity with both Unix-based systems and Windows servers.
- Relational database development, schema design.
- Ability to independently seek out and learn new technologies and platforms.
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JSON.
- Interest in learning how to work with data-centric applications.
- Ability and interest in learning cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Experience with using and creating REST APIs.
- Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related discipline.
- Strong interpersonal skills to be able to connect with other teams and team members; build relationships, not just tools.
- Experience and/or education in electrical engineering, working with SCADA applications, signal processing or a related discipline is strongly preferred for this role.
The ideal candidate is local to Richmond, VA or the DC metro area and able to meet a criminal history search. U.S. citizenship, with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance is a requirement. In addition to that, the ideal candidate is to demonstrate education or experience in electrical engineering, working with SCADA applications or a related field and is local and willing to travel to a client site regularly. Current salary range is $110,000-$120,000 though we are open to negotiation. This position is eligible for full benefits including health, medical, dental, short and long-term disability, and life insurance, as well as our 401k, transit subsidy, unlimited PTO, and 17 paid holidays during 2024.
Affirmative Action Statement
At Data Society, we don't just accept differences - we celebrate them, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Data Society is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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