Job Title: Software Engineer
Location: Falls Church, VA (Hybrid – 2–3 days per month onsite)
Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance (or higher)
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role:
- Rackner is seeking a Software Engineer to join our team supporting the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
- In this role, you’ll design and build APIs, data pipelines, and healthcare data integration services in AWS GovCloud.
- You’ll work with FHIR/OMOP standards, secure cloud-native architectures, and unstructured/structured data pipelines to modernize military healthcare interoperability.
Who You Are:
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or C#
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs (FastAPI, Lambda, or similar)
- Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks (NIST 800-53, HIPAA, FISMA High)
- Experience with data pipelines (Airflow, dbt, Spark, or equivalent)
Prefer if you also have:
- Prior experience with DHA, VA, or other federal healthcare IT programs
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, OMOP, HL7, CDA)
- Exposure to DoD Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
- Experience with AI/ML workflows, NLP, or OCR for healthcare data
- Knowledge of secure deployments in AWS GovCloud (IL5/IL6)
What You’ll Do:
- Develop secure APIs using FastAPI, AWS Lambda, and OpenAPI standards
- Build and maintain data pipelines using dbt, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg
- Normalize healthcare data into FHIR and OMOP standards
- Integrate structured/unstructured data sources (HL7, CDA, JSON, logs, PDFs, images)
- Collaborate with DevSecOps engineers to deploy applications in secure cloud environments
Who We Are:
- Rackner is a software consultancy that builds cloud-native solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector.
- We are an energetic, growing consultancy with a passion for solving big problems for both startups and enterprises.
- We enable digital transformation for large organizations through the newest in distributed technologies as we are laser focused on end-to-end application development, DevSecOps, AI/ML and systems architecture and our methodology focuses on cloud-first and cost-effective innovation.
- Our customers hail from a diverse, ever-growing list of industries.
Benefits/Additional Info:
Rackner embraces and promotes employee development and training and covers the cost of certifications relevant to a position and the technologies/services provided. Fitness/Gym membership eligibility, weekly pay schedule and employee swag, snacks & events are offered as well!
- 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
- Highly competitive PTO
- Great health insurance with large network of providers
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Life Insurance, and short- & long-term disability
- Industry-Leading Weekly Pay Schedule
- Home office & equipment plan
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