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This engineer will join a small, high-impact software team responsible for taking ideas from concept to working prototypes through rapid, iterative development cycles.\nThe successful candidate will be a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex problems in distributed systems and building scalable, data-intensive capabilities that support mission-critical applications. This role offers the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on how the organization operates.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems based on documented requirements.\nDesign and implement user-interface features using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies such as Grafana and Kibana.\nImplement services and data pipelines using AWS data lake and big-data technologies.\nBuild and evolve microservices-based architectures, including service boundaries, APIs, and inter-service communication patterns using AWS serverless technologies.\nApply sound software design and development practices to build, integrate, and execute simulations in development and test environments.\nContribute to system and software architecture decisions, including hardware/software trade-offs, software-reuse strategies, and the effective use of COTS, government off-the-shelf (GOTS), and custom-developed components.\nPerform requirements analysis and decompose system-level requirements into service- and module-level requirements.\nImplement and consume RESTful APIs to integrate back-end services with other systems and client applications.\nContainerize services using technologies such as Podman and Docker, and deploy them to orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes.\nDiagnose and resolve complex distributed-system issues, including performance bottlenecks, latency, and scalability challenges.\nPerform performance analysis and tuning to improve system responsiveness, reliability, and scalability.\nCollaborate with team members and stakeholders to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver incremental value.\nParticipate in design and code reviews, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.\nWork independently when required, demonstrating ownership, follow-through, sound judgment, and clear communication.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.\nA minimum of 14 years of relevant experience in software engineering, software modernization, solution architecture, or a related field.\nAn active TS/SCI with polygraph\nRequired Skills and Experience\nStrong Python development skills, particularly for back-end and service-layer implementations.\nExperience designing and developing user interfaces using COTS technologies such as Grafana and Kibana.\nExperience developing and consuming RESTful services and APIs.\nHands-on experience building and deploying containers using Podman, Docker, or similar technologies.\nExperience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.\nExperience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments, including AWS, or on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI).\nExperience in at least two of the following areas: Data-processing paradigms: machine-learning workflows, streaming-data processing, and/or batch-processing pipelines.\nData stores: MongoDB, ArangoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, or similar technologies, including data modeling, performance tuning, and operations.\n\nDesired Skills and Experience\nExperience with infrastructure-provisioning frameworks such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.\nFamiliarity with observability practices and tools for distributed systems, including logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.\nExperience working in Agile, DevSecOps, or other iterative software-development environments.\nExperience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Vue.js for developing rich, responsive user interfaces.\nExperience with AWS serverless technologies and cloud-native application architectures.\nExperience designing and operating data-intensive or mission-critical distributed systems.\n Salary Range: $125,000 - $270,000\nThe pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.\nOur compensation package also includes components designed to support employees’ total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development/training reimbursements, and other work/life programs.\nITAR Requirement:\nThis position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A “U.S. person” according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.\nBenefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching, and flexible work schedule options. Depending on your business unit, role, and customer contract requirements, select programs may offer a 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.\nWe also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.\nPrincipals only need apply. NO agencies please.\nWho We Are\nBased in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.\nJoin us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty - and succeed.\nWhat We Do\nBuilding on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company’s hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.\nWe are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. 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