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CVS Health

<div>We&rsquo;re building a world of health around every individual &mdash; shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health&reg;, you&rsquo;ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger &ndash; helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
POSITION SUMMARY
At CVS, we're building an Infrastructure Platform to enable teams across CVS Digital to quickly and safely deploy code and operate applications at the scale of a Fortune 10 company! The Infrastructure Platform will be leveraged by hundreds of engineers across Retail, Pharmacy, Health Solutions, and Aetna writing applications that will be used by millions of customers.
The Staff Software Development Engineer is a high visibility, hands on software engineering role that will help lead the implementation of a modern application resource self service provisioning. To be effective in this role, you must have a passion and knowledge for building highly scalable systems while working across a wide net of teams and skillsets.
This is a new team at CVS, and we need a strong technical leader who can work with a high level of freedom and autonomy, advocate for best practices, and can collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, architects and leadership to build a platform that engineers want to use. This is a unique opportunity to help build a platform from the ground up and set the standard for exceptional code and safe deployments for a large company.
Expectations for this Role<ul><li>
You are a self-starter who can see the big picture and prioritize their work to make the largest impact on the business</li><li>
You are a technologist who can work with other engineers to plan, prioritize and perform assigned tasks within deadlines</li><li>
You can develop technical solutions in collaboration with other engineers across CVS Digital to ensure we're building an infrastructure platform with our customer's needs in mind</li><li>
You will lead the implementation of a self-service platform that enables engineers to deploy code safely, quickly, and easily</li><li>
You will keep an eye out for new and emerging technologies that improve performance, delivery, and the developer experience</li><li>
You actively participate in peer code reviews, providing feedback to your fellow engineers to make them better and to improve the quality of the software we deliver</li><li>
You enjoy automating developer pain away by developing APIs, CLIs, bots, etc</li><li>
You approach all engineering work with a performance lens and make it easy for teams to identify performance bottlenecks</li><li>
You find joy and pride in coaching and mentoring mid to early career software engineers</li><li>
You look for opportunities to share what you've learned with the broader engineering organization</li></ul>
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS<ul><li>
7+ years of overall backend development experience on enterprise class applications</li><li>
5+ years partnering with architecture, product, and program management teams to influence product development decisions</li><li>
4+ years of backend technologies, such as Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and large public cloud technologies i.e. GCP, AWS, etc.</li><li>
Experience with leading teams who follow a Scrum/Agile development methodology</li></ul>
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS<ul><li>
Experience with backend APIs</li><li>
Experience with industry cloud providers</li><li>
Experience with Java</li><li>
Experience with Golang</li><li>
Experience automating through scripting and/or CLIs</li><li>
Experience with observability for infrastructure services</li><li>
Experience training and mentoring other engineers</li><li>
Ability to understand the performance of a largely scaled infrastructure platform</li><li>
Ability to identify customer needs and pain points and identify solutions</li><li>
Ability to present the benefits and drawbacks of various architecture designs for infrastructure</li></ul>
EDUCATION
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand &mdash; with heart at its center &mdash; our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors&trade; support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$106,605.00 - $284,280.00 
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company&rsquo;s equity award program. 
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. 
This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. 
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments. 
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/15/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.</div>

Staff Software Development Engineer

ComplyAuto

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DevOps Engineer</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Salary: $155,000-175,000, based on experience</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"> 
Help Shape the Future of DevOps at a Growing RegTech SaaS Company</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
About the Role</h2>
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to help drive our DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering initiatives. In this role, you will design and improve automated deployment processes, build and maintain infrastructure as code, and help ensure the reliability, scalability, security, and performance of our systems.
You will work closely with engineering, security, and product teams to influence system design, improve deployment practices, establish monitoring and alerting, and support the ongoing health of our infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on DevOps leader who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving engineering efficiency, and building reliable systems at scale.
What You'll Do<ul><li>
Design, implement, and maintain automated deployment and configuration management systems.</li><li>
Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) scripts for provisioning and managing infrastructure resources.</li><li>
Continuously improve and optimize deployment processes for efficiency and reliability.</li><li>
Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure the reliability and availability of services.</li><li>
Collaborate with development teams to establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).</li><li>
Conduct blameless post-incident reviews and contribute to the creation of error budgets.</li><li>
Work closely with software development teams to influence system design for scalability, reliability, and performance.</li><li>
Provide expertise in designing and implementing high-availability systems.</li><li>
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate the software delivery process.</li><li>
Ensure seamless integration of automated testing into the deployment pipeline.</li><li>
Collaborate with security teams to implement and monitor security best practices.</li><li>
Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to infrastructure and deployment.</li><li>
Conduct capacity planning to ensure systems can handle current and future loads.</li><li>
Identify and address performance bottlenecks in collaboration with development teams.</li><li>
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure and deployment processes.</li><li>
Contribute to the development of runbooks and knowledge base articles.</li><li>
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and continuous improvement.</li></ul>
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; 8+ years of experience in DevOps, with a focus in Site Reliability Engineering or any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:<ul><li>
Strong understanding of how to design, implement, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.</li><li>
Strong understanding of how to architect, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, integration, and deployment processes, ensuring efficient and reliable software releases.</li><li>
Strong understanding of how to Manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure, optimizing performance, scalability, and cost while ensuring compliance with security standards.</li><li>
Ability to create and maintain clear documentation of infrastructure architecture, processes, and procedures. Provide regular reports on system health, performance, and cost-efficiency metrics.</li><li>
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li><li>
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.</li><li>
Ability to meet regular attendance expectations and meet tight deliverables deadlines</li><li>
Proven ability to consistently perform duties with integrity, effectiveness, efficiency, and at the highest level of professionalism.</li><li>
Strong interpersonal skills with ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and successfully interact with people at all management and support levels, within and outside the organization.</li><li>
A passion for learning new technologies and staying up-to-date with industry trends is preferred.</li></ul>
Benefits:<ul><li>
401(k) 5% match (1:1)</li><li>
Medical, dental, and vision insurance; premiums we pay 100% for employee and family</li><li>
HSA contribution for qualifying plans</li><li>
Unlimited Paid time off and 11 observed holidays</li><li>
Laptop and related hardware required provided</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Additional Requirements</h2>
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and provide proof of work authorization within three days of hire. ComplyAuto is unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for this role at this time.
This is a fully remote opportunity for candidates residing in the Continental United States. Please note we are not accepting applications from candidates residing in California, Hawaii, or Alaska for this position. ComplyAuto is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.</div>

DevOps Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

<div>Agentic AI Engineer
The Opportunity: 
We are looking for a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to join our team specializing in building autonomous, goal-oriented AI systems. You will play a crucial role in shifting our AI strategy from passive LLM chatbots to proactive, multi-agent orchestrations. In this role, you will utilize deep experience in agent orchestration frameworks, RAG, knowledge graphs, and fine-tuning Small Language Models (SLMs) for edge deployment. 
 
What You'll Work On:<ul><li>
Design and implement intelligent agent architectures that can reason, plan, and take actions using LangChain, LangGraph, and AutoGen.</li><li>
Develop and deploy multi-agent systems using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocols to facilitate communication, tool usage, and collaborative task solving.</li><li>
Build advanced RAG pipelines integrating unstructured data with Knowledge Graphs (KG) to enhance reasoning accuracy and context retention.</li><li>
Fine-tune SLMs for specific domains and optimize them for edge device performance, including ONNX, GGML, or Ollama.</li><li>
Develop evaluation frameworks to test agent reliability, safety, and performance, moving from prototype to production, including ReAct loops and human-in-the-loop.</li></ul>
Join us. The world can&rsquo;t wait.
You Have:<ul><li>
4+ years of experience in software development</li><li>
3+ years of experience as an ML engineer building production-grade ML solutions using tools such as Docker or Kubernetes, including, GenAI, LLMs, DL, RL, AI agents, agentic workflows, or complex automation frameworks</li><li>
3+ years of experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, PydanticAI, CrewAI, or LlamaIndex</li><li>
3+ years of experience working in cloud environments, including AWS and Azure and evaluating architectural tradeoffs and designing robust service-based software applications for scalable use</li><li>
Experience with MCP for tool integration and A2A for agent-to-agent collaboration and with RAG architecture and KG, including Neo4j or NebulaGraph</li><li>
Experience fine-tuning LLMs or SLMs using Hugging Face, PEFT, or LoRA, evaluating LLM performance and behavior through evaluations, and building observation layers for stakeholders, including Grafana, Langfuse, LangSmith, or Phoenix</li><li>
Knowledge of modern software design patterns, including microservice design or edge computing</li><li>
Ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment and navigate ambiguity</li><li>
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph</li><li>
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree</li></ul>
Nice If You Have:<ul><li>
Experience deploying agentic systems in a production environment</li><li>
Experience deploying agents on edge devices such as Android or local models</li><li>
Experience integrating coding agents such as Cursor or Windsurf into an efficient development pipeline with measured results</li><li>
Experience with programming, including ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, llama.cpp, and vLLM</li><li>
Experience engineering AI capabilities in on‑premise or multi‑classification environments</li><li>
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills for client engagements, client-facing project work, and business development</li><li>
Master&rsquo;s degree in a CS or AI field preferred; Doctorate degree in CS or Statistics a plus</li></ul>
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen&rsquo;s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual&rsquo;s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen&rsquo;s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model 
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.<ul><li>
Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.</li><li>
Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.</li><li>
Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.</li></ul>
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.</div>

Agentic AI Engineer

Finch AI

<div>
 
 Scrum Master &ndash; AWS Cloud DevOps Team
 
 
 
 
 Clearance:
 
 Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance (which requires US Citizenship)
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 Washington, DC (mostly remote with ad hoc onsite requirements)
 
 
 
 Description
 
 
 
 We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Scrum Master with demonstrated experience supporting a cloud devops infrastructure project and empowered mindset to support a small Agile team tasked with designing, building, configuring, operating, and maintaining an AWS cloud environment, as well as supporting the development, deployment, operation, performance, and security of applications in production. The successful candidate will practice servant leadership, facilitate Agile processes, remove blockers, drive continual improvement, and foster an attitude of transparency within the team.
 
 
 The Scrum Master will act as a communicative and social primary interface between the engineering team and the application development contractor, handling conflict resolution proactively and ensuring smooth collaboration. Additionally, this individual will serve as the main point of contact for stakeholder inquiries, coordination, and reporting, while being situationally aware and assertive in managing multiple workstreams and project activities.
 
 
 
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 Facilitate all Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement in a facilitative and coaching manner.
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 Identify, track, and eliminate impediments affecting team productivity, ensuring timely execution and resolution of action items from meetings.
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 Collaborate closely with engineers and developers, promoting adherence to Agile principles, methodologies, and practices.
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 Oversee and support the deployment, operation, performance, and security of applications in production.
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 Track progress and manage multiple concurrent DevOps workstreams, providing comprehensive visibility into their statuses and dependencies.
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 Complete and present weekly and monthly project status reports, utilizing Jira metrics and analytics to evaluate team performance.
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 Identify risks and issues proactively, ensuring timely resolution or effective mitigation strategies.
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 Foster effective coordination, conflict resolution, and transparent communication between the internal team and external application development partners.
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 Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholder inquiries, maintaining clear and timely updates.
 
 
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 Required Qualifications
 
 
 
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 Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification.
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 Demonstrated Scrum responsibilities experience supporting a Cloud Infrastructure project understanding DevOps workflows, technical components and software development practices.
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 Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and ensure alignment, visibility, and coordination across teams.
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 Proven experience resolving conflicts and facilitating effective communication between internal teams and external development partners.
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 Solid understanding of software deployment processes, operations, performance monitoring, and security practices in a cloud production environment.
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 Exceptional communicative and social skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts effectively to diverse stakeholders.
 
 
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 Preferred Qualifications
 
 
 
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 Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, or similar.
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 Experience in a regulated environment or familiarity with financial regulatory frameworks.
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</div>

Scrum Master/Technical Documentation

Bridge Defense

<div>About Bridge Defense. Bridge Defense is redefining how modern defense technology is delivered. Based in Washington, D.C., we are built for the dynamic mission environment facing the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement agencies. We provide full-spectrum national security solutions that combine secure infrastructure, cleared talent, and mission-ready software to meet evolving defense challenges. Our services include secure software development in classified environments and the design and implementation of advanced IT and cybersecurity capabilities ranging from secure cloud architectures and enterprise infrastructure to data center operations, scientific analysis, cutting-edge cyber defense, and intelligence analysis. 
We are led by technologists and veterans with firsthand mission experience, which enables us to understand both the operational realities and the innovation needed to succeed. Our approach is agile and outcome-based, delivering results in weeks rather than months whenever possible. 
At Bridge Defense we value people, integrity, and excellence. We foster an environment where innovation thrives in support of traditional mission requirements. Our team members receive competitive compensation, robust benefits, professional development and certification opportunities, and clear paths for growth while working on the nation&rsquo;s most critical projects. 
Core Values:<ul><li>
Innovation &amp; Responsiveness: We push beyond legacy models with efficient, tech-led solutions built to scale and evolve.</li><li>
Trusted Performance: Security, compliance, and deep experience in delivering to demanding environments guides all we do.</li><li>
Mission Focused Expertise: From veteran leadership to cleared engineers, our people understand both the technology and the mission.</li></ul> 
Summary:
As a Data Engineer, you will be required to interpret business needs and select appropriate technologies and have experience in implementing data governance of shared and/or master sets of data. You will work with key business stakeholders, IT experts, and subject-matter experts to plan and deliver optimal data solutions. You will create, maintain, and optimize data pipelines as workloads move from development to production for specific use cases to ensure seamless data flow for the use case. You will perform technical and non-technical analyses on project issues and help to ensure technical implementations follow quality assurance metrics. You will analyze data and systems architecture, create designs, and implement information systems solutions. 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:<ul><li>
Identify, design and implement internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes.</li><li>
Develop and design data pipelines to support an end-to-end solution.</li><li>
Develop and maintain artifacts (e.g. schemas, data dictionaries, and transforms related to ETL processes).</li><li>
Integrate data pipelines with AWS cloud services to extract meaningful insights.</li><li>
Work with stakeholders to support their data infrastructure needs and assist with data-related technical issues.</li><li>
Design and develop robust and functional dataflows to support raw data and expected data.</li><li>
Provide Tier 3 technical support for deployed applications and dataflows.</li><li>
Define and communicate a clear product vision for our client&rsquo;s software products, aligning with user needs and business objectives.</li><li>
Create and manage product roadmaps that reflect both innovation and growth strategies.</li><li>
Partner with a government product owner and a product team of 7-8 FTEs.</li><li>
Collaborate with the rest of data engineering team to design and launch new features.</li><li>
Coordinate and document dataflows, capabilities, etc.</li><li>
Occasionally (as needed) support to off-hours deployment such as evening or weekends.</li><li>
Co-location: High colocation, 70-80% onsite</li></ul>
Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience:<ul><li>
Active TS/SCI clearance</li><li>
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent practical experience.</li><li>
Expertise in distributed computing frameworks to handle large-scale data processing.</li><li>
Familiarity working with Amazon Web Managed Services (AWS) or any other cloud environments.</li><li>
Working experience with datastores like PostgreSQL, S3, Redshift, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and SQL.</li><li>
Proficient utilizing Python with key libraries like pandas and PySark, NiFi, Airflow, AWS Lambda or similar technologies.</li><li>
Working knowledge with software platforms and services, such as, Docker, Kubernetes, JMS/SQS, SNS and Kafka.</li><li>
Familiar with Linux/Unix server environments.</li><li>
Experience with Agile development methodology.</li><li>
Publishing and/or presenting design reports.</li><li>
Coordinating with other team members to reach project milestones and deadlines.</li><li>
Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence</li></ul>
Desired Qualifications, Education, and Experience:<ul><li>
Master&rsquo;s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.</li><li>
Familiarity and experience with the Intelligence Community (IC), and the intel cycle.</li><li>
Familiarity and experience with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).</li><li>
Direct Experience with DHS and Intelligence Community (IC) component's data architectures and environments (IC-GovCloud experience preferred).</li><li>
Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications.</li><li>
Keen interest in learning and using the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real world problem sets vital to national security.</li><li>
Working knowledge with public keys and digital certificates.</li><li>
Experience with DevOps environments.</li><li>
Expertise in various COTS, GOTS, and open source tools which support development of data integration and visualization applications.</li><li>
Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications.</li><li>
Specialization in Object Oriented Programming languages, scripting, and databases.</li></ul>
The Successful Candidate will Possess:<ul><li>
Prospective candidates should have strong risk management skills, excellent communication, teamwork, and conflict management skills.</li><li>
The candidate must be analytical and effectively able to prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues.</li><li>
Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of staff and management.</li><li>
Ability to exercise independent judgment, develop relationships, and obtain consensus among interested parties.</li><li>
Critical thinker with strong technical skills, diagnostic skills and problem-solving ability.</li><li>
Solid written and verbal communication skills to negotiate direction, drive projects and projects to successful conclusion and deliver knowledge to team members verbally and via clear designs, runbooks and technical engineering and exchange sessions.</li><li>
Self-starter, flexible, adaptable, collaborative and motivated to champion continuous improvement.</li><li>
Ability to develop peer networks across an enterprise to maintain technology awareness and to support resolution of problems.</li><li>
Ability to operate across traditional technical boundaries, comfortable working in the compute space as well as the storage space in an operational capacity.</li><li>
Technically curious and driven to learn new skills.</li></ul>
General Factors:<ul><li>
Depending on project requirements, may be required to work within a compressed schedule; overtime should be expected when schedules demand it.</li><li>
Willing to travel, if needed.</li><li>
No Relocation.</li><li>
Must be able to sit/stand at a desk for long-periods and must be able to lift 20 pounds occasionally.</li><li>
Must be able to multi-task and rapidly change priorities with limited notice.</li></ul> 
Online applications, please.
When we review candidates' information, we are looking for the best matches for the position based on the qualifications listed in the job posting. If your skills and experience appear to match an open position, a recruitment services professional or a hiring manager may contact you. 
Bridge Defense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are a qualified disabled veteran or individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, please contact us at 202-436-9222. 
The pay range for this role is: 
120,000 - 155,000 USD per year(Washington, DC (NAC))</div>

Data Engineer (Data Architecture & Engineering)

Proxy Foods AI

<div>
 
 
 Full-Time&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;Hybrid&nbsp;
 
 
 &middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;based
 
 
 &nbsp;in&nbsp;US&nbsp;or&nbsp;Europe
 
 
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 ABOUT PROXY FOODS
 
 
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 Proxy Foods is an advanced AI-powered product development and recipe formulation platform trusted by leading R&amp;D teams to create, reformulate, and&nbsp;optimize&nbsp;food &amp; beverage products at scale and in record time.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 We help food and beverage companies move from idea to&nbsp;viable&nbsp;formulation faster by unifying fragmented R&amp;D data: ingredients, specs, cost, nutrition, processing constraints, and compliance. As a result, teams launch new products with fewer failed trials, reformulate faster based on consumer feedback and margin pressure, and stay ahead on trends and regulatory requirements.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
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 THE ROLE
 
 
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 We are looking for a curious, motivated, and detail-oriented Junior Data Engineer to join our team.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 This role is ideal for someone with strong foundational SQL and Python skills who wants to grow quickly by working on real-world data challenges in a startup environment. You will support the development of data pipelines, integrations, and data models that power both internal analytics and product features, while learning from a cross-functional team of engineers, product builders, and domain experts.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 We are especially interested in someone who is eager to keep learning and stay current with modern data tooling and AI/LLM-enabled workflows, while building strong data engineering fundamentals.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
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 In this role, you will:&nbsp;
 
 
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 Support the development and maintenance of ETL/ELT pipelines across APIs, databases, files, and external data sources&nbsp;
 
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 Clean, normalize,&nbsp;validate, and structure datasets related to ingredients, specifications, nutrition, costs, and compliance&nbsp;
 
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 Write SQL and Python code to transform data and improve data quality&nbsp;
 
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 Help&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;data models and storage layers used for analytics, reporting, and product features&nbsp;
 
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 Work closely with product, engineering, and food science teams to understand data needs and business context&nbsp;
 
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 Monitor pipeline performance, investigate issues, and help improve reliability and observability&nbsp;
 
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 Learn and apply AI/LLM-assisted workflows where&nbsp;appropriate for&nbsp;data extraction, normalization, enrichment, and structuring tasks under clear guidance and validation practices&nbsp;
 
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 Document data flows, transformations, and operational processes clearly and consistently&nbsp;
 
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 WHAT WE&rsquo;RE LOOKING FOR
 
 
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 1&ndash;3 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, software engineering, or a related data-focused role&nbsp;
 
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 Good foundation in SQL and Python&nbsp;
 
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 Familiarity with data transformation, ETL/ELT concepts, and structured datasets&nbsp;
 
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 Exposure to relational databases, APIs, JSON/CSV files, and basic data modeling concepts&nbsp;
 
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 Strong attention to detail and a mindset for data quality and correctness&nbsp;
 
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 Eagerness to learn new tools, technologies, and ways of working in a fast-moving startup environment&nbsp;
 
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 Curiosity about where the data industry is heading, including modern cloud platforms and AI/LLM-enabled workflows&nbsp;
 
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 Strong communication&nbsp;skills and willingness to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams&nbsp;
 
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 Exposure to cloud data platforms such as Azure&nbsp;
 
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 Familiarity with Git and basic software development workflows&nbsp;
 
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 Experience with pandas,&nbsp;SQLAlchemy, or similar Python tools for data work&nbsp;
 
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 Basic understanding of BI/reporting tools or dashboarding&nbsp;
 
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 Interest in AI, LLMs, or data products beyond traditional reporting&nbsp;
 
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 Work on real product and data problems at the intersection of AI and the food industry&nbsp;
 
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 Learn fast in a startup environment with meaningful ownership from day one&nbsp;
 
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 Build strong data engineering fundamentals while gaining exposure to modern AI-enabled workflows&nbsp;
 
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 Collaborate with a small, ambitious, cross-functional team&nbsp;
 
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 Grow your role as the company and platform scale&nbsp;
 
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