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Software Development Engineer (US Federal)

USA.VA.Reston💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, build, and operate distributed messaging, streaming, and caching services for U.S. federal government contracts.

Role type

Senior distributed systems software engineer

Builds

Async messaging, streaming, and NoSQL platforms powering Workday products (HCM, FIN, AI/ML)

Domain

US Federal Government / Distributed Systems / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Bare Metal, Ruby, Golang, Python, Java, Scala, AWS, Chef, Helm, ArgoCD

Preferred skills

DoD 8570/8140 compliance, IAT Level II certification, CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+

Technologies

Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, Chef, Helm, ArgoCD

Responsibilities

Design and develop core software modules for streaming, messaging, and caching; Build, deploy, and operate infrastructure components in production; Construct observability modules and automation for dashboard lifecycle management; Participate in on-call rotation for distributed systems platforms; Manage and optimize Workday within U.S. AWS cloud regions; Partner with Cyber Defense team for security operations and compliance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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