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⛰️ Colorado, Florida, +4 more states – Remote

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💵 $180k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Raft

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

Raft is a company that partners with public agencies to solve complex problems affecting the lives of millions of Americans. Specializing in cutting-edge digital solutions, Raft focuses on data and AI, digital platforms at scale, and complex software applications. The company emphasizes software architecture, UX/UI design, and automated testing to modernize legacy applications and data systems for speed, security, and scalability. Raft also implements sustainable data governance strategies and human-centered AI systems to enhance decision-making. As a government and commercial partner in advancing technology solutions, Raft is dedicated to empowering organizations with products that prioritize user outcomes over features.

📋 Description

• Drive architectural decisions across the [R]AIMS platform, evaluating performance, scalability, security, and maintainability tradeoffs • Lead major technical epics from conception through delivery • Simplify and rationalize distributed system architecture as the platform scales • Optimize platform performance across edge and cloud deployment targets • Establish reusable engineering patterns that improve developer productivity and code quality • Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and provide substantive code feedback • Partner with AI/ML engineers on model integration, inference optimization, and operational deployment of agentic workflows • Engage directly with Department of Defense customers and program stakeholders • Evolve the architecture, execution, and engineering rigor of Raft’s [R]AIMS AI Mission System • Deliver coherent, documented architecture; timely, high-quality platform initiatives; stronger engineering execution; and reduced platform complexity

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience building and shipping production software systems across the full stack (frontend, backend, infrastructure, and ML) • Deep software engineering fundamentals and ability to design, build, and evolve complex systems that perform reliably at scale • Exceptional technical communication skills and ability to lead through influence across engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders • Proven experience designing and evolving distributed systems, including service decomposition, inter-service communication patterns, fault tolerance, and observability • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native platform architecture in production environments • Experience building data-intensive or AI-enabled production systems with real operational users and real performance constraints • Demonstrated technical leadership over large, cross-functional engineering initiatives with clear ownership and accountability for outcomes • Strong system design and architecture decision-making ability • Some experience or exposure to training, fine-tuning, or deploying machine learning models in production contexts • Ability to obtain Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment • U.S. citizenship required • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance • No clearance required to start; must be eligible for and willing to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance • Highly preferred: AI/ML infrastructure or agentic systems; streaming and event-driven architectures; platform engineering and internal developer tooling; real-time inference or operational AI systems; secure, compliant systems; defense, national security, or classified program experience; active clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage • 401(k) and company match • Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays • Education & training benefits • Generous Referral Bonuses • Up to 25% travel