Brilliant BackEnd Software Engineer

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Brilliant Back End  Software Engineer (2+ years - Senior Level)

Arlington, VA, Reston, VA and areas throughout the DMV area

MUST be willing to go onsite 2-3 days per week; could be up to 5 days per week as the customer needs.

MUST have an Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Black Cape is a technology company focused on full‑stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and integrating AI/ML capabilities for federal government customers.

• Work with Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers to accomplish their missions.
• Develop cloud‑native full‑stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and machine learning capabilities.
• Apply proven, repeatable software, technical, and analytical approaches to build solutions and frequently interact with end users to produce and deploy solutions.

• Exceptional full‑stack engineering experts from diverse technical and experience backgrounds.
• Motivated engineers at all levels (minimum 1.5 years of professional experience) who require limited direction and are passionate about technology.
• Willingness and desire to learn new technologies or languages quickly.

• Proficient in at least one core coding language such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or Golang.
• Experience developing open‑standard APIs (REST or Graph
  
  QL) using a framework such as FastAPI or Spring Boot.
• Proficient with at least one database system such as Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, or Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Linux distributions such as Debian, Red Hat, or Alpine.
• Experience with SDLC tools including JIRA, Confluence, Git Lab, Git Hub, and Bit Bucket.
• Experience with Docker‑based development and containerization.
• Aptitude for learning new technologies, tools, and processes, with a proven history of picking up new skills as project needs evolve.
• Experience working in classified government environments or willingness to work at classified government sites as needed.
• Experience developing on macOS, Windows, or Linux.

• Testing libraries such as Pytest or JUnit.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Git Lab CI.
• Deployment tools such as AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, or Ansible.
• Data processing tools such as Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, Redis, or Celery.
• Experience with server configuration of NGINX, Apache, HAProxy, or Traefik.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Machine learning tools such as PyTorch, Hugging Face transformers, and CoreNLP.
• Dependency management tools such as Poetry, uv, Pipenv, or Maven.
• Experience with large language models and associated servers such as Ollama or Llama.cpp.

Great Benefits | 401K | Competitive Salary | Generous Time Off | Exceptional Team‑Building & Fun Company Events | Mentorship & Professional Development Programs | Tuition Reimbursement