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Please do not apply unless you were invited to apply or are a referral. The job listing will be updated if circumstances change and external applicants are welcomed to apply.\nThe salary range refers to a potential SDE II or III role. We are looking for an SDE II, but if someone applies who could be an SDE III based on their skills and experience, the role and salary may be adjusted.\nFinally, this role can be local to Philadelphia, local to Rochester, or remote in the Eastern time zone.\nSummary/Objective\nThe Software Development Engineer II (Back End) position will be part of Security Risk Advisors’ Software Development Team. Our development style is fast-paced and collaborative. We partner with SRA’s Advisory Services, CyberSOC, and Research & Innovation teams to enhance our information security consulting practice and to build tools that serve our employees and our clients.\nEngineers in this role will work across SRA’s entire product portfolio, not a single application. You will build and maintain back-end services across SRA products.\nThese Essential Functions, Requirements, and Skills are guidelines. If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but can demonstrate excellent organization, attention to detail, professionalism, flexibility, and self-direction in your professional background, we hope you apply. 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This role routinely uses standard office equipment.\nPhysical Demands\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. This is a largely sedentary role.\nCandidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and email  with any questions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of this role.\nPosition Type/Expected Hours of Work\nThis is a full-time position and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.\nTravel\nNot applicable.\nRequirements\nRequired Education and Experience\n7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on back-end architecture and production Python development. \nAdvanced proficiency with FastAPI, Pydantic, asynchronous programming (asyncio), and strict Python type hinting to build reliable, high-throughput APIs and services.\nProven experience with distributed systems, workflow orchestration, or running untrusted/isolated workloads in remote sandboxed environments. \nStrong database engineering skills, including relational schema design, migrations, and SQL performance tuning at scale. \n Hands-on cloud and container expertise using Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration platforms (Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes, or similar). \nDeep experience with pytest and testing complex, asynchronous, and distributed services. \nStrong understanding of application, container, and AI security principles, with the ability to support technical security assessments. \nDemonstrated technical leadership in Agile environments, including system design, mentoring peers, and utilizing AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.\nPreferred Qualifications, Skills, and Experience\n Azure Ecosystem: Specific experience deploying and managing infrastructure within Microsoft Azure, particularly Azure Container Apps (ACA) and Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions.\n AI & Agentic Systems: Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, or secure remote code/tool execution sandboxes (e.g., microVMs, gVisor, isolated containers).[KC1] \nOther Duties\nPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a complete listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.\nEEO Statement\nSecurity Risk Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at SRA are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or any similar category protected under federal, state, or local laws.\nBenefits\nWork with Experts: Robust internal training program, plus Company-paid external training. SRA recognizes the value of professional development for employees. Therefore, we encourage our employees to pursue continuing education and role-specific training. 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