Senior Software Engineer, IRAD Product Team

Company: General Atomics
Location: Poway
Posted on: May 12, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description: Senior Backend Software Engineer
General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-I3), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production solutions, including Thresher and Dragonspell, for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class, all-domain, and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been, and what it's doing. All of this 'data to knowledge' is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!
GA-i3 is seeking Senior Backend Software Engineers to join our core product team, shaping the future of situational awareness capabilities for our customers. Our teams leverage cutting-edge technology to process petabytes of data and extract features in near real time, all while providing a rich, live view of objects on land, sea, and sky. With your skills and expertise, you'll be instrumental in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them. Are you ready to join us on this exciting journey?
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research, design, implement, document, test, and deploy software applications for enterprise-wide end-user, system level, and data management software applications.
  
• Guide the successful completion of programs with ability to function in a technical leadership role.
  
• Formulate plans and guide implementation of software solutions including language, coding, platform, resource requirements, testing, and documentation.
  
• Support plans, typically long term, for application development and deployment.
  
• Coordinate deployment of enterprise applications including cross-platform compliance.
  
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
  
• Evaluate integration of software applications with the overall computing environment.
  
• Communicate with domain experts, users, and management throughout the software development lifecycle.
  
• Represent the company as the prime technical contact on contracts and/or projects.
  
• Interact with external personnel on significant technical matters requiring coordination between organizations.
  
• Contribute towards the continuous integration and improvement of enterprise solutions including build pipeline support, debugging, maintenance, and updates to ensure viability in an evolving environment.
  
• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
  
• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company. Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
  
  We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
  Job Qualifications:
  

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• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility, and willing to take a CI polygraph.
  
• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, four or more years of experience with a master's degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  
• Prior professional experience in backend software development role.
  
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes for container orchestration.
  
• Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
  
• Familiarity with network engineering concepts and principles.
  
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins).
  
• Ability to drive and review APIs for backend functionality.
  
• Capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact, as well as providing leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.
  
• Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced software development problems.
  
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
  
• Able to work extended hours as required.
  
  PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  
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  • Candidates with an active Top Secret security clearance and SCI eligibility are strongly preferred.
    
  • Comfortable working with Linux systems on a daily basis.
    
  • Experience maintaining data pipelines.
    
  • Cloud technologies such as: Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo.
    
  • Interest in data mining, analytics, and/or machine learning.
    
  • Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
    
  • CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.
    
    Salary: $105,890 - $189,545
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