About the Team
Here at BTI360, we’ve built a culture that’s passionate about developing software engineers. Software doesn't build itself. People do. In fact, teams of people do. That's why our primary focus is on developing better craftsmen, better teammates, and better technical leaders. By putting people first, we're not just giving our teammates more opportunities to grow, we're also raising the bar of the software we ship. BTI360 previously has been voted 10 years in a row as a TOP Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal.
Join a cutting-edge project as a Backend Python Tech Lead, building secure, scalable services that power AI-assisted document review and release workflows. You'll architect and lead backend integration of generative AI systems that identify sensitive content, enforce contextual rulesets, and streamline human decision-making.
What you will do in this role:
- Work closely with teammates and stakeholders in a Lean Agile environment to build mission-critical production applications focused on data discovery and analysis
- Leading a team of engineers in technical decision making in a Sponsor facing environment
- Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Leverage modern build tools, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure quality and delivery speed
- Design, implement, and test backend services and APIs using reactive programming concepts for production applications
- Integrate with cloud services and data platforms to expose high-value data through secure, performant interfaces
- Leverage DevSecOps pipelines, containers, and modern deployment tools to deliver software efficiently and reliably
- Work in both Herndon, VA and Chantilly, VA depending on team needs and meetings
You may thrive in this role if you have the following skills:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Experience with source control (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipeline tools such as AWS CodeBuild (preferred), Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Experience designing and implementing scalable, maintainable, and OOP based software in a containerized cloud environment (AWS preferred) leveraging foundational services for computing, identity management, and networking.
- Experience developing backend services using Python and a modern web framework such as FastAPI (preferred), Flask, Django, or Chalice
- Experience with testing frameworks such as PyTest (preferred) or unittest
- Experience with Python project management, dependency management tools, and build tools such as poetry (preferred), make, uv, pip, or conda
- Familiarity with API standards such as REST and HTTP, message-driven architectures, persistent storage layers, and distributed systems
- Effective written and verbal communication skills necessary to perform job duties and collaborate with team members
You may excel in this role if you have the following skills:
- Prior privileged access with Sponsor
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks such as Prometheus/Grafana (preferred), CloudWatch, or ELK/EFK
- Contributions to open-source libraries or community projects or personal projects
- Experience with search technologies such as OpenSearch (preferred), Elasticsearch, or Solr
- Experience working with streaming or event-driven architectures such as SNS/SQS (preferred), Kafka, Kinesis, AWS Step Functions, or Event Bridge
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) and how to leverage DevSecOps pipelines to deliver code
- Experience working with NLP libraries (e.g., spaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face Transformers) and integrating with commercial or custom generative AI services such as OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, or proprietary models.
BTI360 benefits for full-time teammates
- Fully paid healthcare premiums
- Competitive salaries and performance bonuses
- Career development and in-house training
- Continuing Education: $5,250.00 annually towards education
- Up to 5 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks of federal holidays
- 401K dollar for dollar matching up to 6% annually - vested immediately on day 1
- Giving Back: Serving communities locally and across the globe
- Social Events (happy hours, golf tournament, BTI360 Family Festival and more)
Commitment to Fairness and Inclusion
At BTI360, we believe that unlocking the potential of others is not just a mission—it's the heart of our culture. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual can grow each day, lead with humility, and do the right thing. Our core values guide us in developing software that makes a difference, primarily serving national security customers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We celebrate fairness and are dedicated to creating an environment of mutual respect and inclusion where everyone can bring their true selves to work.
Join us in a workplace where your contributions are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your potential is unlocked. Together, we develop great software fast and deliver exceptional solutions for our customers.
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What We Do
BTI360 is a software development company based in the Washington DC area that provides big data software solutions to clients in the federal government. Over the past decade, we have optimized our craft around niche areas in Distributed Search, Machine Learning, and Cloud Engineering. Our solutions help mission users spend less time combing through content and more time developing insights.
BTI360 offers a tight knit, open culture focused on developing our team. From the beginning our founders believed that if you invest in great people, great things will happen. We regularly invest in developing our team's technical and leadership skills through a blend of code katas, targeted trainings, and conferences.
Our philosophy is simple: attract the best engineers, invest in their growth, and empower them to lead ideas that make a lasting impact.
