Software Engineer 1
Role Overview
You will join the Collections & Alerts software development team to build the platform's data ingestion and processing infrastructure. Your pipelines power real-time intelligence; when they fail, customers notice. You'll design and build high-volume data pipelines, architect event-driven systems that process intelligence data at scale, optimize queries and schemas for heavy load, instrument services for observability, and debug production issues across distributed systems. You'll work directly with our intelligence analysts and product team to understand requirements and ensure software meets both performance and analytical needs.
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About the Role
You will join the Collections & Alerts software development team to build the platform's data ingestion and processing infrastructure. Your pipelines power real-time intelligence; when they fail, customers notice. You'll design and build high-volume data pipelines, architect event-driven systems that process intelligence data at scale, optimize queries and schemas for heavy load, instrument services for observability, and debug production issues across distributed systems. You'll work directly with our intelligence analysts and product team to understand requirements and ensure software meets both performance and analytical needs.
Technical Skills Required
- Languages: Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Python, and other modern languages
- Event-Driven Architecture: Experience designing and debugging event-driven systems (EventBridge, message queues, async patterns, orchestration)
- Data Pipelines: Experience building high-volume, low-latency data ingestion and processing pipelines; understanding of batch vs. real-time tradeoffs
- AWS: Hands-on work with SQS, S3, ECR, AWS CDK; comfortable reasoning about cloud infrastructure costs and scaling
- Databases: Working knowledge of both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB); experience optimizing queries and schema design for high-volume workloads
- Search & Caching: Experience with in-memory data stores (Redis), familiarity with OpenSearch/ElasticSearch (full-text search, indexing strategies)
- Monitoring & Observability: Proficiency with Datadog or similar monitoring tools; ability to instrument code for observability and debug production issues
- Microservices: Understanding of service boundaries, async communication patterns, and debugging across distributed systems
- Infrastructure as Code: Comfortable with AWS CDK or similar tools for defining infrastructure in code
- Coding agents: Comfortable leveraging AI tooling for development acceleration, building custom skills, and automating repetitive tasks.
What Seerist Offers
An opportunity to be a part of a fast-moving organization with cutting edge technology
A culture that is dynamic, diverse, trust-centered, and open to bold ideas
Competitive salary, bonus plan, 401(k) matching, and long-term incentives
Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and life plans
A flexible and fun work environment that values work-life balance
Hybrid position with 3 days in office per week and flexibility to work onsite as the program requires
Unlimited PTO
Up to 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Professional Development Stipend
Based in the greater Washington, DC metro area, in our Reston office three days per week, with the flexibility to work on site as the program requires
About Seerist
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