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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** SWOOP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Databases, Data Structures, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Apache Solr, Rust (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-backend-swoop-technologies-7168363

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience
 * 3+ yrs in backend software development writing scalable code and/or modern APIs structured from databases and distributed data sources
 * Proficient Python coding ability with good understanding of data structures and data models
 * Experience with Kubernetes in a production environment
 * Understanding of basic software security standards
 * Active US Security clearance or ability and willingness to be sponsored for a US Security clearance

Bonus if you have:

 * Experience with one or more of the following: async Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Solr, Rust
 * Experience handling multimedia data structures



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