<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require </strong><strong>U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.</strong></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Who we are:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">Raft (</span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW186997464 BCX0" href="https://teamraft.com/" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW186997464 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://TeamRaft.com</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">cutting-edge</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0"> AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">leveraging</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0"> design thinking, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">cutting-edge</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0"> tech stack, and cloud-native </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW186997464 BCX0">ecosystem</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">. We build digital solutions that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0">impact</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186997464 BCX0"> the lives of millions of Americans.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW186997464 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We’re looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role: </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a <strong>Senior Engineer</strong> at our organization, you play a pivotal role in shaping the foundation of our software infrastructure. Your responsibilities extend beyond mere coding; you’re a navigator, leading multiple software teams through the complex labyrinth of production at an enormous scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raft is building a real-time data platform for the DoD to better inform operators of events such as the Chinese balloon incident. As part of this data platform, we're collecting data from 750+ sensors in real-time, enriching them, making them queryable, and presenting a cohesive operating picture to the operators to be able to take decisions at speed of relevance. We collect about billion+ events each day at millisecond latency. Technologies we utilize are: Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, Kubernetes. In this role you'll be hands on working with a team of high achievers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What we are looking for: </strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of experience being hands on engineer</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Java or Scala or Kotlin</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with Kafka and Kafka Streams</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience creating web-socket and RESTFul APIs</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work well with-in the team and be able to make decisions that align to the teams north stars</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Curious about time series and geospatial data</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif