Software Developer (TS/SCI)

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Maxar is seeking a Software Developer with strong back end experience to join our team in Arlington, VA (Crystal City). This is one of VERY few teams supporting "tip of the spear" work supporting our war fighters in the field. You will connect with senior leadership from many influential U.S. Government customers. You will develop full-stack solutions to enable analysts to curate and categorize real-world data based on geospatial and temporal features. Leveraging your experience with backend development to facilitate CRUD operations on critical data stores will provide rich search capability. Maxar's products and services contribute to missions in support of national security, provide expertise used in the latest app technology, support efforts for the health and sustainability of our planet. Now is your chance to amplify your impact, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

Benefits:

• Work-life balance to include flexible working opportunities and generous time off.

• Family-first benefits like adoption reimbursement, pet insurance and mental health resources.

• Educational perks such as student loan repayment, paid certifications and tuition reimbursement.

• Career growth opportunities including an internal mobility program and leadership training and development.

• Diversified healthcare and investment options including multiple medical plans, a stock purchase program and 401(k).

Responsibilities

• Implement new products and features to improve the design of a critical software program of record.

• Adapt mission requirements to develop new tools, capabilities, requirements, or enhance/upgrade existing ones.

• Incorporate customer feedback into software products and participate in code reviews to ensure quality.

• Lead and mentor junior developers and work in a highly collaborative environment, on a very unique suite of apps and services for an extremely impactful National customer.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a US citizenship and have an active/current TS/SCI clearance.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related STEM field (4 years of experience may be substituted for a degree).

• 2+ years of experience with software development.

• Demonstrated, professional experience with Python.

• Demonstrated, professional experience with PostgreSQL.

• Demonstrated, professional experience with Elasticsearch.

Preferred Qualifications

• Modern Python versions 3.6+ and unit testing.

• Elasticsearch.

• Mature SQL databases, such as PostgreSQL.

• AWS: EC2, S3, Lambda.

• Proficiency in Linux.

• Familiarity with Material design concepts and/or have used Material UI.

• Strong React, Typescript, and ES2015+ skills.

• Development with CesiumJS or other modern geospatial mapping software libraries.

• Elasticsearch experience.

• Experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database.

• Testing React components.

• Experience with Docker environments and/or Kubernetes. 

• Python based web frameworks, such as Flask and/or FastAPI.  

• ETL processing frameworks and tools. 

• Experience with microservice architectures. 

• Knowledge of building and testing RPMs. 

• Familiarization with Public Key Infrastructure.

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Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

$87,000.00 - $145,000.00 annually.

 

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.