Junior Software Engineer

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!

‍Belay Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer to join our intel team. You will act as a back-end software engineer, helping to design and develop an entirely new graph analysis platform, for the very first time, allowing our mission customers to visualize, analyze and traverse their expansive and complex mission data in a graph format and in near-real-time. This project offers a tremendous opportunity for junior engineers to learn from CNO software engineers while working independently to build a product that is transforming core customer workflows. You will speak with analysts and operators to gain first-person insight into their missions, workflows, and perspectives, then utilize that knowledge to inform the platforms design. Core technical tasks include: REST API development in Java, working with Kafka streams to process and transform data, and general Java development to build and maintain the product.

‍Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of enterprise-grade software solutions
• Build and maintain Java-based REST APIs
• Adhere to leading design patterns to ensure the product's scalability and maintainability
• Work regularly with stakeholders to understand the domain, elicit requirements, and devise solutions
• Develop and optimize various extract/transform/load (ETL) services
• Become proficient with the project's graph database and develop complex database queries

Candidates should have the following qualifications: 

• TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
• Experience using Java to build enterprise products and applications
• Familiarity with Java frameworks for creating RESTful APIs such as Spring Boot, JAX-RS, Jersey, etc.
• Knowledge of streaming analytic platforms like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, etc.
• Familiarity with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) software patterns to ingest large and complex datasets
• Familiarity with Git and GitLab CI/CD

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

• Experience modeling data and relationships in graph databases such as Neo4j
• Experience using microservices to help increase the modularity, scalability, and maintainability of enterprise applications
• Experience building real-time data processing applications using streaming libraries like Kafka Streams
• Experience using Docker containers and/or container orchestration platforms such as Docker Swarm, Rancher, or Kubernetes
• Experience with networking concepts, protocols, and analysis (routers, swiches, etc.)
• Knowledge of SIGINT collection and analysis systems
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations

Perks and Beefits:

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
• $5,000 annual training/tuition
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• 100% company-funded HSA
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
• Dental coverage including orthodontia
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally.  We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.

Salary Range: $70,000 to $190,000Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.