Backend Developer, Data Platform

TL;DR

Backend Developer, Data Platform (Python/AWS): Design, build, and scale backend services and platform components for a modern data architecture with an accent on integrations with data sources, APIs, and event streams. Focus on improving reliability, observability, and performance of data workflows while contributing to architecture decisions for storage, orchestration, metadata management, and access patterns.

Location: Reston, VA

Salary: $113,000.00 - $188,000.00 annually

Company

hirify.global builds mission-critical software for the Intelligence Community, enabling spatial intelligence and data-driven decision support.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and platform components for a modern data architecture
• Build integrations with internal/external data sources, APIs, and event streams
• Partner with data engineering, analytics, and product managers to define scalable data models and platform capabilities
• Improve reliability, observability, and performance of data workflows and backend services
• Implement testing, monitoring, logging, and deployment best practices
• Troubleshoot and debug production systems; contribute to architecture decisions and engineering standards

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Active U.S. Government security clearance at TS/SCI level with CI Polygraph (or willingness and ability to obtain CI polygraph)
• 5+ years of professional software engineering with strong backend development skills
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch
• Experience with AWS (especially S3 and RDS) and data-centric services

Nice to have

• Experience with data platforms, data pipelines, ETL/ELT, or large-scale data processing
• GitLab and GitLab CI experience
• OpenShift and Helm experience
• Docker and containerization experience
• DoD 8570 IAT II and Privileged User Access requirements met (e.g., Security+, CySA+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP)

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid agile team building mission-critical applications
• 401(k) with company match and mental health resources
• Student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance
• Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status

Hiring process

• Submit application via hirify.global’s career page
• Application window is three days from the date the job is posted (or reposted) and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified