Software Engineer

About

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go‑getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently.

Eligibility

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active U.S. Government security clearance at the TS/SCI level with required polygraph (or willingness to obtain).
• May be subject to U.S. export control laws (U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement efficient, flexible solutions that can scale for mission‑critical applications.
• Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle: planning, requirements development, software design, implementation and build, documentation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Apply software standards and processes to produce high‑quality, extensible, and maintainable software solutions.
• Work with cloud tech stacks to perform data extraction, manipulation, transformation, and visualization of geospatial‑temporal data sets.
• Develop analytics/derivative data products to help users extract meaningful knowledge.
• Proactively troubleshoot and solve issues.
• Work directly with users throughout the IC/DoD to understand requirements and propose technical solutions.
• Collaborate with diverse teams of engineers, clients, and users.
• Ability to work full‑time onsite.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and a current TS/SCI clearance (with willingness to obtain a CI polygraph).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technology field.
• 5+ years of experience with:
  • Developing custom software solutions.
  • Performing data extraction, manipulation, visualization, and analysis with strong proficiency in Java, Python, or C++.
  • Linux skills and familiarity with cloud architectures (AWS, C2S).
  • NoSQL data stores (Elastic, MongoDB, etc.).
  • Development tools such as Git, Eclipse, Maven.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to work full‑time onsite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with common industry software tools, concepts, and DevSecOps.
• Adaptable, solution‑centric mindset that embraces technology enablers.
• Experience with GIS, geospatial data, tools, techniques, processing, and visualization.
• Agile development methodologies.
• Experience working with open‑source resources in a government computing environment.

Pay Transparency

• Base pay for this position in the Washington, DC metropolitan area: $113,000 – $188,000 annually.
• Salary ranges for other locations are determined based on geographic cost of labor and market conditions.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including a robust 401(k) with company match.
• Mental health resources.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Adoption reimbursement.
• Pet insurance.