Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Full Stack Developer

About the Company

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations—state, local, federal agencies, and private‑sector institutions—address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI‑enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence, instantly surfacing mission‑critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125million people, and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

As an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. We prioritize understanding how people use the product and focus on the right answer. Engineers work closely with our onsite team to grasp the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves. We value ownership and collaboration—you will take full responsibility for major features while working closely with other engineers to drive them to completion.

Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our growing team and drive impactful projects, foster an inclusive culture, and lead technical decision‑making. This role is for someone who thrives in both people management and hands‑on technical leadership, developing a high‑performing team, guiding them through complex technical challenges, and ensuring their work aligns with our business priorities.

• Work cross‑functionally with design and product management to build systems that are robust, scalable, and user‑centered.
• Tackle challenges such as enabling real‑time user collaboration on detailed maps and building high‑scale backend architecture for ingesting billions of data points.
• Take full responsibility for major features and collaborate with other engineers to drive them to completion.
• Collaborate directly with the deployment team and users to iterate and solve their problems.
• Lead technical decision‑making and ensure projects deliver value to customers, from aiding emergency responders during a hurricane to diffusing complex organized crime.

Back‑end foundation:
Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, and Kafka. Front‑end:
React, Redux, and Mapbox. Data stores:
PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch. Machine‑learning models:
Bedrock and Sage Maker. Infrastructure: AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

• Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish.
• Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users.
• Thrives on ambiguity and loves taking on hard problems.
• Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong, reliable software components.

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience working with cross‑functional software development teams.
• Experience shipping and iterating on production‑grade software components professionally and/or in the open‑source community.
• Ability to write robust, well‑tested, and well‑designed code that frequently gets deployed to users.
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems.
• Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases.
• Located in Washington, D.C., and open to working in office.

Salary Range: $200,000–$275,000 annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable).

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location.

Information on the benefits offered is here.

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.