Software Engineer

🕒 July 27

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🖥 Software Engineer

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Whitespace

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

🎖️ Defense

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Defense • Government • Artificial Intelligence

Whitespace is a mission-focused company building intelligence analysis tools for defense and national intelligence operators. Their flagship product, Iris, is an intelligence analysis agent that delivers answers on mission timelines and is built on activity-based intelligence tradecraft; Whitespace says Iris is trusted across seven combatant commands and is available as pilots for qualifying mission partners. They also offer Worldline, a city-scale digital twin that simulates populations and real sensor activity so analysts can train and operators can rehearse missions without real-world risk. Whitespace emphasizes hiring people with direct intelligence mission experience, has supported the intelligence community since 2017, and positions itself as closing the gap between what analysts know and what operators need.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software solutions supporting the Whitespace Answers Platform and Iris AI ecosystem. • Build backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and analytic applications using modern software engineering practices. • Write clean, efficient, maintainable, and testable code primarily using Python and Java. • Collaborate across Agile teams to develop technical solutions for complex geospatial and data-centric challenges. • Participate in software releases, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps processes. • Improve existing applications through performance optimization, automation, and architecture enhancements. • Provide technical consultation and troubleshooting support for software and infrastructure issues. • Collect, integrate, clean, and analyze large-scale geospatial and non-geospatial datasets. • Develop and implement statistical models, machine learning workflows, and geospatial analytics solutions. • Design and maintain scalable data processing pipelines for structured and unstructured data. • Identify trends, anomalies, patterns, and insights within commercial and geospatial datasets. • Develop interactive visualizations and mission-focused analytic products for customer stakeholders. • Conduct cloud-based data research and large-scale data processing. • Collaborate with engineering, R&D, and mission teams to develop new analytic capabilities and data products. • Support intelligence, targeting, collection management, geospatial analysis, and activity-based intelligence initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Must have a minimum of 7 years of experience in a software engineering role • Experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production software • Strong coding abilities emphasizing quality and testability in your work. • Utilize programming languages such as Java, Python, and Go • Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes • Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and software CM processes/tools (GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, Kubernetes, or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools) • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and query optimization • Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans • Unlimited PTO • Federal Holiday Paid Leave • 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave • Employer paid STD/LTD • Employer Paid Life Insurance • 401K plan and Employer Match • Professional Development Assistance • Equity Incentive Plan