Lead Software Engineer

Experience Required

• Domain & Application Experience

• Demonstrated experience building, scaling, and maintaining mission-critical, public-facing, cloud-native web applications serving high-concurrency user volumes and high-volume scientific/geospatial datasets.
• DevOps & Agile Cadence: Proven track record working within Agile/Scrum development methodologies, managing software repositories in GitLab/GitHub, and enforcing CI/CD test automation harnesses.
• Production Support: Direct experience providing Tier 3 operational support, after-hours callout support, and SLA-driven incident management for high-availability systems.

Technical Skills Required

• Programming Languages: Proficiency in Python (following PEP 8 guidelines), C/C++ (following SEI CERT and Google C++ Style Guides), Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Bash scripting.
• AWS Cloud Services: Direct hands-on experience with AWS cloud-native architecture, including AWS Fargate / ECS container orchestration, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, and IAM/Secrets Manager.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Containers: Proficiency with Terraform for cloud infrastructure automation, Docker containerization, and container registry image security scanning.
• Software Testing & QA Frameworks: Expertise designing test suites using Pytest, Gradle, CMake, and automated quality/security tools (e.g., Dependabot, AddressSanitizer, Ruff, Flake8, Black).
• Geospatial & Data Technologies: Experience integrating geospatial tools and frameworks, including Esri ArcGIS Enterprise on Linux, FOSS4G open-source tools, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards (WMS, WFS), Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs), Zarr, GeoJSON, and NetCDF formats.
• Version Control & CI/CD Tooling: Expert knowledge of VLab GitLab, GitHub Actions, VLab Redmine ticketing, Git branching strategies (Conventional Branching), and automated pipeline security scanning.
• Security & Accessibility Compliance: Deep understanding of federal IT security standards (FISMA, NIST controls) and accessibility testing for WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 compliance.