Senior Backend Platform Engineer, Code Metal

• 4+ years building production backends in modern Python, with deep FastAPI (or equivalent async framework) experience
• Proven expertise in ZeroMQ, NATS, Kafka, or similar high-throughput messaging systems
• Hands-on with Postgres/PostGIS and Redis in performance-critical workloads
• Cloud-native chops—Docker, Kubernetes, and one major provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or GovCloud)
• Active Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one

Desirable

• Help redefine how the DoD makes multi-billion-dollar force-design decisions
• In this role, you'll fuse physics-driven simulation, interactive computing, and verified AI code-generation to create next-generation wargaming platforms
• If building ultra-low-latency APIs, taming high-volume geospatial data, and leading with clean, production-ready Python gets you fired up, let’s talk
• Own the service layer—design, build, and scale FastAPI micro-services and lightning-fast ZeroMQ messaging pipelines running in Kubernetes and bare-metal clusters
• Wrangle data at speed & scale—shape and query multi-TB Postgres/PostGIS datasets, orchestrate Redis for sub-millisecond state, and keep everything rock-solid under bursty load
• Glue the stack together—expose crisp, well-versioned REST & WebSocket endpoints for the frontend crew and simulation kernel
• Ship continuously—automate CI/CD, observability, and security hardening to DoD standards; push to prod with confidence
• Lead by doing—drive code reviews, mentor teammates, and set the standard for test coverage and documentation