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Senior Software Engineer

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Peregrine

Peregrine creates technology to help public safety agencies make data-driven decisions, power their operations, and maintain strong community relationships. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
Washington, DC, USA
$130,000 - $250,000
Backend
Senior
In-person
201-500 Employees
4+ years of experience

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Job Description

Peregrine Technologies, backed by Silicon Valley investors, empowers public safety agencies nationwide with technology that improves operations and decision-making. Serving over 80 million Americans, they partner closely with customers to develop effective solutions for safer communities. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the core engineering team, collaborating with design and product management to build robust, scalable, and user-centered systems. The role involves taking ownership of major features and working closely with other engineers. Collaboration with the deployment team and users is essential to solve their problems.

You will design scalable permission systems to manage access to data, build intuitive controls for data sharing, architect secure collaboration frameworks, and create advanced sharing mechanisms. The tech stack includes Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, and Kafka on the backend; React, Redux, and Mapbox on the frontend; PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch for data storage; machine learning models hosted in Bedrock and Sagemaker; and AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, and Kubernetes as infrastructure.

The salary range is $130,000 - $250,000 annually, plus benefits, equity (if applicable), and bonus (if applicable). Peregrine offers an inclusive environment and is an equal opportunity employer.


Responsibilities

  • Own large portions of the application from start to finish
  • Craft and ship software solutions that delight users
  • Take on complex challenges
  • Design scalable permission systems to manage access to terabytes of data across thousands of organizations
  • Build intuitive controls that let organizations decide what data to share, when to share it, and with whom
  • Architect frameworks for secure collaboration, enabling seamless partnerships while maintaining data sovereignty and compliance
  • Create advanced sharing mechanisms that strike the right balance between openness and security to unlock the full potential of cross-organizational collaboration

Requirements

Python
Kafka
React
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes
  • Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 4 + years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams
  • Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source community
  • Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users
  • Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems
  • Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases
  • Located in Washington, D.C. and open to working in office

Benefits

Equity
  • Equity through RSUs (if applicable)
  • Bonus (if applicable)