Engineer

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans. 

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.

About the role:

As a Senior Engineer at our organization, you play a pivotal role in shaping the foundation of our software infrastructure. Your responsibilities extend beyond mere coding; you’re a navigator, leading multiple software teams through the complex labyrinth of production at an enormous scale.

Raft is building a real-time data platform for the DoD to better inform operators of events such as the Chinese balloon incident. As part of this data platform, we're collecting data from 750+ sensors in real-time, enriching them, making them queryable, and presenting a cohesive operating picture to the operators to be able to take decisions at speed of relevance. We collect about billion+ events each day at millisecond latency. Technologies we utilize are: Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, Kubernetes. In this role you'll be hands on working with a team of high achievers.

What we are looking for: 

• 5+ years of experience being hands on engineer
• Java or Scala or Kotlin
• Experience with Kafka and Kafka Streams
• Experience creating web-socket and RESTFul APIs
• Work well with-in the team and be able to make decisions that align to the teams north stars
• Curious about time series and geospatial data
• Bachelors in Computer Science / Engineering / Physics / Mathematics background
• Obtain a Security+ certification within 90 days of employment with Raft

 Highly preferred:

• Hands-on experience with time-series data in PostgreSQL or another SQL-flavored database