Senior Software Engineer; Backend​/Fullstack Lead

Job Summary

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) develops software that turns raw data into actionable intelligence. We work in real-time global situational awareness and battle management, processing petabytes of data from hundreds of sources across air, land, and sea. Our systems, including the THRESHER and DRAGON SPELL platforms, support tens of thousands of users across the DoD and Intelligence Community and enable critical decision-making for national security missions.

We process hundreds of thousands of observations per minute at the scale of global sensor networks and battlefield telemetry. Our backend architecture uses technologies like Kafka, AWS, NiFi, and Geo Mesa, which we designed and open-sourced, to deliver high-throughput, mission-resilient systems that turn streaming data into real-time intelligence.

We solve complex, mission-critical problems. We have spent decades earning the trust of our users and delivering systems they rely on every day. As a privately held company, we can make long-term decisions in the best interest of our customers and our country rather than quarterly earnings reports. Our users rely on our software, our customers come back because we deliver, and our engineers stay because they get to work on real problems that have real impact.

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc. (GA-Intelligence) develops software that turns raw data into actionable intelligence. We work in real-time global situational awareness and battle management, processing petabytes of data from hundreds of sources across air, land, and sea. Our systems, including the THRESHER and DRAGON SPELL platforms, support tens of thousands of users across the DoD and Intelligence Community and enable critical decision-making for national security missions.

We process hundreds of thousands of observations per minute at the scale of global sensor networks and battlefield telemetry. Our backend architecture uses technologies like Kafka, AWS, NiFi, and Geo Mesa, which we designed and open-sourced, to deliver high-throughput, mission-resilient systems that turn streaming data into real-time intelligence.

We solve complex, mission-critical problems. We have spent decades earning the trust of our users and delivering systems they rely on every day. As a privately held company, we can make long-term decisions in the best interest of our customers and our country rather than quarterly earnings reports. Our users rely on our software, our customers come back because we deliver, and our engineers stay because they get to work on real problems that have real impact.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a large effort to build out the simulation tools that support testing and training for our C2 application. You'll sit on our Battle C2 and Simulation team, a primarily frontend team building the next generation of global situational awareness and battle orchestration capabilities. This is a hands-on senior engineering role, not a formal people-management position.

It is roughly 80% backend/fullstack (Java and Spring Boot) powering simulation data and services, and 20% frontend work in the team’s user-facing application. You'll drive the technical direction of the simulation effort, working alongside a small group of developers: one focused full-time on simulation with you, and two others who split their time on the C2 UI. Rather than managing day-to-day tasking, you'll set technical direction, make key architectural decisions, and translate mission requirements into performant, scalable services.

You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including UI/UX engineers, mission engineers, data scientists, and product owners, to design and deliver software for complex user needs. Whether you're building simulation data pipelines, optimizing backend services, or working in the frontend to make sure data reaches the end user, your work will directly support operational missions.

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