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# Software Engineer (Backend Focus)

- **Company:** POWER3 SOLUTIONS, LLC
- **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $260,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Big Data, Signals Intelligence, Computer Networks, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Design Patterns, Graph Database, Systems Analysis, Neo4j, Software Systems, Enterprise Application Integration, Spring-boot, Backend, Git, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Stream Processing, Docker
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8409323/software-engineer-backend-focus

## About the Role

* Expert with Java and Spring Boot; proficient using them to build enterprise scale applications.
 * Experience building real-time data processing applications using streaming libraries like Kafka Streams.
 * Understanding of common Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) and how to apply them.
 * Experience with service containerization and deployment using Docker and/or Kubernetes.
 * Experience with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) software patterns to ingest large and complex datasets.
 * Familiarity with Git and GitLab CI/CD.

Nice to Haves:

 * Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j.
 * Experience building real-time data processing applications using streaming libraries like Kafka Streams.
 * Experience modeling data and relationships in graph databases.
 * Experience with networking concepts, protocols, and analysis (routers, switches, etc.).
 * Knowledge of SIGINT collection and analysis systems.

## Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer (Backend Focus) to act as a senior back-end software engineer, helping to design and develop an entirely new graph analysis platform that - for the very first time - will allow our mission customers to visualize, analyze, and traverse their expansive and complex mission data in a graph format and in near-real-time. This is an ambitious, high-visibility project with a tremendous opportunity to transform core customer workflows; performance, usability, and scalability are key project goals., * Design and architect complex, enterprise-grade software solutions for a streaming analytic app that uses Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka.

 * Work with another senior back-end engineer to support the project's containerized environments in both Docker and Kubernetes.
 * Utilize Java and Spring Boot while applying leading design patterns to ensure the products scalability and maintainability.
 * Develop and optimize various streaming analytics to transform and analyze data in a performant way.
 * Become proficient with the project's Neo4j graph database; develop, optimize, and troubleshoot graph queries.


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