Principal Engineer
Core
Building a data-focused product using open-source solutions to enable users to interact with data and tell data stories for U.S. military and government agencies.
Role type
Principal Engineer (Backend & Frontend)
Builds
End-to-end data product features and platforms at scale
Domain
Defense technology, AI/ML, Distributed Data Systems (via careerplan.io/jobs/6147387004-principal-engineer-at-raft)
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
RESTful API design, software architecture, relational and non-relational databases, cloud-native environments, containerization, AI coding assistants
Preferred skills
Kafka, RabbitMQ, Delta Lake, AWS, Azure
Technologies
Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, Superset, React, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, Rust, Scala, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, Gradle, NPM
Responsibilities
Design and implement backend and frontend features for data interaction, architect large-scale distributed systems, manage complex project lifecycles, obtain and maintain security clearance
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
