Raft ( is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.
We're looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.
Raft is building a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense (DoD), aimed at enhancing operators' awareness of critical events, including instances like the Chinese balloon and Cessna over the White House incidents. Central to this data platform is the aggregation of real-time data from over 750 sensors. This data is subsequently enriched, rendered queryable, and ultimately presented as a common operational picture to empower operators in making time critical and pertinent decisions. Key technologies include Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, and Kubernetes. In-depth experience with building and managing fault-tolerant, data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch to handle low-latency requirements
Working experience in data management including ETL processing, data governance, and data storagel
Experience with building and releasing software in cloud-native environments
Deep knowledge of software design and architecture patterns
Experience with monitoring (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions in cloud-native environments
Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
Minimum Secret Clearance required
Remote with occasional onsite presence as required.
May require up to 25% travel
Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
~Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
~ Education & training benefits
~ Team off-site in fun places!
~ Generous Referral Bonuses
~ We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.
Our Customer Obsession:
We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.
We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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We're looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.
Raft is building a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense (DoD), aimed at enhancing operators' awareness of critical events, including instances like the Chinese balloon and Cessna over the White House incidents. Central to this data platform is the aggregation of real-time data from over 750 sensors. This data is subsequently enriched, rendered queryable, and ultimately presented as a common operational picture to empower operators in making time critical and pertinent decisions. Key technologies include Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, and Kubernetes. In-depth experience with building and managing fault-tolerant, data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch to handle low-latency requirements
Working experience in data management including ETL processing, data governance, and data storagel
Experience with building and releasing software in cloud-native environments
Deep knowledge of software design and architecture patterns
Experience with monitoring (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions in cloud-native environments
Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
Minimum Secret Clearance required
Remote with occasional onsite presence as required.
May require up to 25% travel
Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
~Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
~ Education & training benefits
~ Team off-site in fun places!
~ Generous Referral Bonuses
~ We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.
Our Customer Obsession:
We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.
We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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