Sobre esta vaga de Backend Developer, Data Platform na Vantor
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.
To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.
Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
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This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the TS/SCI level with CI Polygraph.
We are a sleek and modern software development team building mission-critical applications with real-world impact for the Intelligence Community.
We are seeking an experienced Backend Developer/Engineer to join our hybrid agile team and help build and scale our data platform to support IC AI efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and platform components for a modern data architecture
- Build integrations with internal and 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 best practices for testing, monitoring, logging, and deployment
- Contribute to architecture decisions around storage, orchestration, metadata management, and access patterns
- Help establish engineering standards for code quality, documentation, CI/CD, and operational excellence
- Troubleshoot and debug production systems
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong backend development skills
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience building backend systems, APIs, or distributed services in production environments
- PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch proficiency
- Familiarity with AWS, especially S3, RDS, and other data centric services
- Current/active TS/SCI with a current CI polygraph or be willing and able to obtain a CI polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, e.g. Computer Science, Systems Engineering or equivalent experience
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals including testing, version control, CI/CD, and system design
- Tenacious troubleshooting, problem solving and error fixing mentality
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to work, collaborate and thrive on a small technical team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with data platforms, data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, or large-scale data processing systems
- Gitlab and Gitlab CI experience
- Openshift and Helm experience
- Docker and containerization experience
- DoD 8570 IAT II and Privileged User Access requirements met (Security+, CySA+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP)
Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
● The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $113,000.00 - $188,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.
To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.
EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
