Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Location: Remote / Alexandria, VA

Clearance: Active TS/SCI or eligibility to be cleared

GeoDelphi, Inc. dba Whitespace is seeking a dynamic and innovative Software Engineer to build cutting-edge solutions within our Answers platform. You’ll be essential to our Answers platform digital offering which is broken into a technological stack that is comprised of a source, engine, analytic, and a story layer. The engineering team is the technological backbone of our Answers platform working in the ‘engine layer’ to discover the ground truth. You’ll work with a team of engineers and developers designing tools to provide technical solutions to complex questions. The ideal candidate is creative, a problem solver, developer, designer, and appreciates delivering high-quality products. This position will report to the VP of Engineering.

This position is 100% remote! The candidate MUST be a US citizen and reside in the contiguous United States. The candidate must be a W2 employee of GeoDelphi, Inc. No 3rd party applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research, develop, design, implement, and test software geared towards population simulation
- Work with customers/end users to define project requirements, and turn those requirements into an achievable timeline
- Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in back-end development tools and technologies
- Write well designed, testable, and efficient code in various languages, primarily Java.
- Recommend changes to improve established application processes
- Prepare and produce releases of software components
- Provide technical support and consultation for application and infrastructure questions

EXPERIENCE
- Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a software engineering role
- Experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production software
- Strong coding abilities emphasizing quality and testability in your work.
- Utilize programming languages such as Java and Python
- Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
- Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and software CM processes/tools (GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools)
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and query optimization
- Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization

DESIRED SKILLS
- Experience with population simulation, or other data simulation
- Experience with geospatial engineering
- Experience with Big Data processing tools, such as Spark/Hadoop, Google’s BigQuery, AWS’s Athena and EMR
- Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure
- Strong data visualization skills

- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Unlimited PTO
- Federal Holiday Paid Leave
- 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave
- Employer paid STD/LTD
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- 401K plan and Employer Match
- Professional Development Assistance
- Equity Incentive Plan