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Gallatin is rebuilding logistics infrastructure for U.S. national security missions and allied partners, building AI systems that drive logistics decision-making from factory to foxhole. You'll join as a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale core systems powering their AI-driven logistics platform.
In this foundational role, you'll own reliable, high-performance backend services, APIs, and data pipelines. Key responsibilities include:
**Backend Development & System Design:** Create scalable, resilient backend services and APIs for logistics solutions. Own system architecture balancing performance, scalability, and security. Partner with front-end, AI/ML, and product teams to integrate services smoothly. Drive high availability and reliability through proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting. Build and maintain thorough testing strategies (unit, integration, performance) to keep the platform stable.
**Data Processing & Integration:** Develop pipelines ingesting data from real-time, batch, structured, and unstructured sources. Ensure data consistency, reliability, and availability through thoughtful schema design and database optimization.
**Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:** Contribute to code reviews, coding standards, best practices, and documentation. Track backend development trends and introduce improvements to the stack. Support onboarding and mentoring of new teammates as the team grows.
The company is mission-driven, solving the hardest problems supporting America's warfighters and humanitarian disaster responders. They value clear thinking, direct communication, and ownership that doesn't stop until something works.
**Requirements:**
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages: Python, Node.js, TypeScript, or Java
- Solid understanding of API design and implementation (REST, GraphQL)
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience deploying and running containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience with software testing methodologies (unit, integration, end-to-end testing)
- Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well-documented code
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to explain technical concepts clearly
- Passion for continuous learning and staying current with backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure advancements
**Bonus:** Experience with Palantir Foundry, knowledge of defense or logistics industries and legacy system modernization, or contributions to open-source software.
**Note:** U.S. citizenship is required. This position may require ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance and work in classified environments.
