Federal Backend Engineer
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Summary
Senior backend engineer on Horizon3's federal team building core product features: GraphQL APIs and ETL pipelines for data processing, deployed on cloud platforms with containers. Requires a US Top Secret security clearance (or eligibility) and experience with FedRAMP/IL4/5/6-classified systems.
- The Federal - Senior Backend Engineer will be joining one of our world-class software engineering teams, and will be a key contributor to both user-facing product launches as well as platform enhancements and stability. Employee must be eligible for and successfully secure a US Federal Security Clearance as a condition of employment
- This job description covers roles available across multiple teams. During the interview process, we’ll work with you to determine the best team fit based on your experience, interests, and career goals
- Develop core product features in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and GraphQL to support data processing and retrieval
- Design and implement backend APIs in GraphQL to facilitate data interactions between different components of the product
- Build and maintain ETL pipelines for efficient data processing and analytics
- Collaborate with frontend team members to present data in a clear and user-friendly format, enhancing the product’s user experience
- Ability to own and manage concurrent initiatives, demonstrating effective judgment in prioritization and time management
- Driven, self-managed, capable of conceiving and implementing solutions on your own and with a team
- A strong desire to continuously improve and learn new technologies in a fast-paced Agile development environment
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, effective communication, attention to detail and high-quality work
- Strong technical documentation ability to support the development process
- Effective communication and collaboration with designers, developers, and product managers
- Ability and interest in mentoring junior and mid-level engineers to foster their growth and development
Benefits
- Growth Opportunities: Be part of a dynamic and growing team with numerous career advancement opportunities
- Innovation-Driven Culture: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
- Inclusive and Diverse Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive
- Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy the convenience and work-life balance that comes with remote work
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- Experience building applications on cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, using container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- 7+ yrs professional software engineering experience using modern object-oriented or functional languages (Python, Java, Go, Scala, C++, TypeScript, etc)
- Experience building and troubleshooting capabilities in Federally compliant systems such as FedRAMP, IL4/5/6, and other Classified workloads
- Current Top Secret security clearance or eligibility to gain/maintain a Top Secret clearance
- Expert proficiency in SQL
- Experience with various database architectures including relational (PostgreSQL) and graph (Neo4j)
- Experience building GraphQL backends
- Experience building platform capabilities for internal teams
- Experience managing and maintaining production infrastructure
- Experience using AI-enabled development tools