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# Software Engineer Full Stack (Backend Focus)

- **Company:** Bitwise
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $230,000.0 - $271,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Databases, DevOps, JSON, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Software Engineering, SQLite, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Processing, Data Storage Technologies, ReactJS, Backend, Gitlab, Git, Pandas, Build Tools, Front End Software Development, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=81dfaf1f4e6c5497

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in software engineering, or 4+ additional years of relevant experience in place of a B.S. in a technical discipline
 * Strong experience with Python
 * Solid knowledge of dataframes (pandas, polars)
 * Proficiency with SQL and familiarity with different database flavors (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
 * Understanding of git and GitLab for source control
 * Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript and React or another modern frontend framework
 * Comfort working directly with customers and receiving direct feedback
 * Active TS//SCI clearance with polygraph

Preferred Skills

 * AWS Certifications
 * DevOps CI/CD experience
 * Experience with agency data processing and data storage
 * Experience developing with AI Agents
 * Background in Intelligence Community operations

## Description

You'll join a forward-deployed development team providing critical mission support. As a Software Engineer Full Stack with backend focus, you'll work closely with analysts and operators to develop software solutions for complex intelligence challenges. You'll have the opportunity to engage across the entire intelligence pipeline-from sitting directly with operators to help them leverage the tools we build, to providing analysts with solutions that help them understand their data and make informed decisions supporting national security.

You will own several key responsibilities:

 * Develop data transforms for every kind of data-text, JSON, databases, XML, configurations, and more
 * Gather feature requests and new application requirements while deeply understanding project and customer needs
 * Dive into unknown data and help analysts figure out the right questions to ask
 * Build tools to improve application and transform performance, enabling more data to be understood and processed
 * Manage and support mission-critical servers supporting operations, working as both a backend developer and systems administrator when needed
 * Interact directly with customers, receive feedback in real time, and iterate quickly based on their needs


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