Senior Software Engineer
Sterling, VA
TS/SCI
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What Impact You'll Have
Join a mission-driven program with high impact on National Security. This isn't just a development role, it's a chance to build solutions that protect what matters most! As a Senior Software Engineer/Developer, you will perform as an individual contributor and team member focused on developing and refining a command-and-control platform used by a wide variety of stakeholders. Soliciting and incorporating user feedback is paramount in developing a superior product. Ideal candidates will have full stack development experience, with demonstrated skills developing front-end applications and user interfaces, as well as employing back-end technologies and programming languages.
What You'll be Owning
- Design and develop applications, tools, and user interfaces supporting advanced data processing and command-and-control workflows
- Engage proactively with mission partners to understand operational use cases and convert high-level requirements into actionable features, work products, and technical specifications
- Collaborate with internal and external engineering teams to define interface control documents (ICDs), subsystem behaviors, and integration patterns
- Develop CONOPs, user guides, release notes, and technical artifacts supporting software delivery and stakeholder adoption
- Architect and optimize large scale data analysis pipelines using OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, and distributed data technologies
- Evaluate application architecture and code design, identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations that improve efficiency, scalability, and maintainability
- Build and refine back end services and APIs that support high-performance data workflows
- Help guide testing strategies, diagnose complex issues, and ensure delivery of stable, high-reliability software
- Mentor junior developers, foster a high performing engineering culture, and support professional growth across the team
What You Must Have
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph
- 7+ years of software engineering experience in fast-paced, collaborative environments
- Strong proficiency in Python and Java
- Experience building React front end applications and Django back end services
- Experience with DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment
- Full stack development experience across front end and back end systems
- Recent experience building applications, analysis tools, or mission-focused software
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
What Would be Nice to Have
- Knowledge of OpenSearch/Elasticsearch indexing, search, and analytics
- Demonstrated ability to reverse engineer applications and understand legacy systems
- Experience with messaging/task queues (Kafka, gRPC, Celery)
- Proficiency with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with databases or data stores (MariaDB, MySQL, ValKey, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, MongoDB)
- Experience with Open Telemetry (OTel) or similar observability framework
- Familiarity with collaboration and issue tracking tools such as GitLab, Jira, and Confluence
- Knowledge of telecommunications and/or Internet protocols
Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We're proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.
- The pay range for this position is: $155,250 - $192,750