Software Engineer 1

Company Overview: Join Seerist, a leading provider of AI-driven, augmented analytics for threat and risk intelligence, designed to help commercial organizations and government anticipate, monitor, and manage global risks. Seerist delivers real-time insights, forecasts, and alerts that bring clarity to decisions and save valuable time for security and intelligence teams. Every day, Seerist helps our customers support their operations and missions globally, ensuring informed, rapid decisions.

Event-Driven Architecture: Experience designing and debugging event-driven systems (EventBridge, message queues, async patterns, orchestration) Data Pipelines: Experience building high-volume, low-latency data ingestion and processing pipelines; understanding of batch vs. real-time tradeoffsAWS: Hands-on work with SQS, S3, ECR, AWS CDK; comfortable reasoning about cloud infrastructure costs and scaling Databases: Working knowledge of both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB); experience optimizing queries and schema design for high-volume workloads Search & Caching: Experience with in-memory data stores (Redis), familiarity with OpenSearch/Elastic Search (full-text search, indexing strategies) Monitoring & Observability: Proficiency with Datadog or similar monitoring tools; ability to instrument code for observability and debug production issues Microservices: Understanding of service boundaries, async communication patterns, and debugging across distributed systems Infrastructure as Code: Comfortable with AWS CDK or similar tools for defining infrastructure in code Coding agents: Comfortable leveraging AI tooling for development acceleration, building custom skills, and automating repetitive tasks. What Seerist Offers: An opportunity to be a part of a fast-moving organization with cutting edge technology A culture that is dynamic, diverse, trust-centered, and open to bold ideas Competitive salary, bonus plan, 401(k) matching, and long-term incentives Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and life plans A flexible and fun work environment that values work-life balance Hybrid position with 3 days in office per week and flexibility to work onsite as the program requires Unlimited PTOUp to 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave Tuition Reimbursement Professional Development Stipend Based in the greater Washington, DC metro area, in our Reston office three days per week, with the flexibility to work on site as the program requires Seerist is an equal opportunity employer. Seerist does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. #SF