Senior Software Engineer

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring a Senior Software Engineer.

Position type: Full Time - Contract to Hire
Duration: 3+ Months
Location: Washington, DC

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Providing high-level customer insights and analytics.
• Supporting high-volume data pipelines for custom AI/ML model training.
• Orchestrating and scheduling tasking for client’s global radar network.
• Delivering user interfaces and APIs with strict uptime SLAs for data delivery and visualization.
• Develop full-stack software for key initiatives, particularly those supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community contracts.
• Participate in stakeholder discussions and translate customer needs into engineering requirements.
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Own critical portions of systems throughout the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
• Use generative AI to improve software quality and security.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Active U.S. TS/SCI security clearance and experience delivering mission-critical solutions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building cloud-based systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services.
• Experience and enthusiasm in using generative AI for software development.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a comparable programming language.
• Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure and containerized deployments.
• Expertise with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and message brokers such as Kafka or Amazon SQS.
• Experience with observability and CI/CD practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building production frontend applications using TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable modern web technologies.
• Experience deploying software into U.S. federal systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes in cloud environments.
• Background in mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, or orbital mechanics.
• Experience operating software in a high-availability or mission-critical environment.

Thank you!

Gangotri Chakraborty
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PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: Between $75.00 - $85.00 per hour
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).