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Date: Nov 5, 2026
Location: Arlington, VA, Remote, United States
Company: HII's Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 31043
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $170,000.00
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Senior
This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.
HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072
Job Description
Join the growing Warfare Systems Business Group at HII–Mission Technologies! We are seeking an experienced Mid/Senior AI Back-End Developer to support the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to build secure, scalable services and integrations supporting an AI-enabled enterprise application. The developer will design the application layer connecting the front end, enterprise systems, relational databases, and approved AI/RAG capabilities within an AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 environment.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain production-grade Python backend services and RESTful APIs using FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar frameworks.
- Design secure API contracts, including schemas, documentation, validation, authentication, authorization, error handling, and versioning.
- Implement application business logic, workflows, asynchronous processing, and integrations with enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG services.
- Integrate services with approved Amazon Bedrock capabilities using Boto3 and defined AI service interfaces.
- Support streamed AI responses and implement appropriate retries, timeouts, logging, auditing, and error-recovery mechanisms.
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database models, queries, transactions, and data-access patterns.
- Implement Zero Trust-aligned security practices, including DoW/DoD ICAM integration, least-privilege access, secure service-to-service communication, API-level authorization, encryption, secrets management, and audit logging.
- Develop and remediate application components in accordance with applicable STIG/SRG requirements and support security assessment and authorization activities.
- Contribute to DevSecOps practices, including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, containerized delivery, vulnerability remediation, and application monitoring.
- Develop and maintain React- and TypeScript-based user interface components and workflows as needed to support application capabilities, API integrations, and AI-enabled user experiences.
- Use approved AI-assisted or agentic coding tools and specification-driven development practices to improve delivery speed and quality, while maintaining developer accountability for architecture, security, code review, testing, and production readiness.
- Collaborate with front-end, AI/ML, platform, cybersecurity, and identity teams to deliver dependable application capabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong experience developing Python backend services and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or comparable Python web frameworks.
- Experience with SQL and relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
- Experience integrating cloud services, enterprise systems, and external or internal APIs.
- Experience integrating applications with AI/LLM or RAG services.
- Experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, secure software development, and containerized applications.
- Develop and maintain React- and TypeScript-based user interface components and workflows as needed to support application capabilities, API integrations, and AI-enabled user experiences.
- Use approved AI-assisted or agentic coding tools and specification-driven development practices to improve delivery speed and quality, while maintaining developer accountability for architecture, security, code review, testing, and production readiness.
- Working experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS sufficient to build and maintain enterprise application user interfaces and integrate them with backend APIs.
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native application design.
- Experience implementing authentication, API and service-level authorization, and enterprise identity integration using standards or patterns such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, RBAC, or ABAC.
- Working knowledge of DoW/DoD ICAM, Zero Trust principles, least-privilege access, and secure software supply-chain practices.
- Familiarity with applicable DISA STIGs, SRGs, secure configuration requirements, and vulnerability-remediation workflows.
- Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Secret clearance at the time of consideration
- Fully Remote position; must align with Eastern Time Zone core business hours
Software Development 3
5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
Software Development 4
9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
***Salary level based on background, direct experience and education
Preferred Requirements
- 8+ years of preferred experience
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud, including Amazon Bedrock, API Gateway, S3, and Boto3.
- Experience with streaming APIs, WebSockets, server-sent events, queues, or asynchronous processing patterns.
- Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, document-ingestion workflows, or AI orchestration services.
- Experience supporting RMF activities, security-control evidence, continuous monitoring, or STIG/SRG assessment remediation.
- Experience working with front-end, AI/ML, platform, cybersecurity, and identity-management teams.
- Working experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS sufficient to build and maintain enterprise application user interfaces and integrate them with backend APIs.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods while working at a computer.
- Ability to operate a keyboard, mouse, and standard office equipment to perform analytical tasks.
- Must be able to effectively communicate in virtual meetings, briefings, and secure collaboration environments.
- Ability to review, analyze, and interpret digital data for extended periods with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Occasional light lifting of documents or equipment up to 10 lbs, if needed for home-office setup.
- Must maintain a home work environment that meets company and government security requirements (e.g., controlled space for handling sensitive or FOUO information, if applicable).
- Must be able to work assigned East Coast core business hours to support program and customer requirements.
- Potential travel <10% to customer site (East Coast) for customer and stakeholder meetings.
HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.
Date: Nov 5, 2026
Location: Arlington, VA, Remote, United States
Company: HII's Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 31043
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $170,000.00
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Senior
This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.
HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072
Job Description
Join the growing Warfare Systems Business Group at HII–Mission Technologies! We are seeking an experienced Mid/Senior AI Back-End Developer to support the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to build secure, scalable services and integrations supporting an AI-enabled enterprise application. The developer will design the application layer connecting the front end, enterprise systems, relational databases, and approved AI/RAG capabilities within an AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 environment.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain production-grade Python backend services and RESTful APIs using FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar frameworks.
- Design secure API contracts, including schemas, documentation, validation, authentication, authorization, error handling, and versioning.
- Implement application business logic, workflows, asynchronous processing, and integrations with enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG services.
- Integrate services with approved Amazon Bedrock capabilities using Boto3 and defined AI service interfaces.
- Support streamed AI responses and implement appropriate retries, timeouts, logging, auditing, and error-recovery mechanisms.
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database models, queries, transactions, and data-access patterns.
- Implement Zero Trust-aligned security practices, including DoW/DoD ICAM integration, least-privilege access, secure service-to-service communication, API-level authorization, encryption, secrets management, and audit logging.
- Develop and remediate application components in accordance with applicable STIG/SRG requirements and support security assessment and authorization activities.
- Contribute to DevSecOps practices, including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, containerized delivery, vulnerability remediation, and application monitoring.
- Develop and maintain React- and TypeScript-based user interface components and workflows as needed to support application capabilities, API integrations, and AI-enabled user experiences.
- Use approved AI-assisted or agentic coding tools and specification-driven development practices to improve delivery speed and quality, while maintaining developer accountability for architecture, security, code review, testing, and production readiness.
- Collaborate with front-end, AI/ML, platform, cybersecurity, and identity teams to deliver dependable application capabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong experience developing Python backend services and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or comparable Python web frameworks.
- Experience with SQL and relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
- Experience integrating cloud services, enterprise systems, and external or internal APIs.
- Experience integrating applications with AI/LLM or RAG services.
- Experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, secure software development, and containerized applications.
- Develop and maintain React- and TypeScript-based user interface components and workflows as needed to support application capabilities, API integrations, and AI-enabled user experiences.
- Use approved AI-assisted or agentic coding tools and specification-driven development practices to improve delivery speed and quality, while maintaining developer accountability for architecture, security, code review, testing, and production readiness.
- Working experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS sufficient to build and maintain enterprise application user interfaces and integrate them with backend APIs.
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native application design.
- Experience implementing authentication, API and service-level authorization, and enterprise identity integration using standards or patterns such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, RBAC, or ABAC.
- Working knowledge of DoW/DoD ICAM, Zero Trust principles, least-privilege access, and secure software supply-chain practices.
- Familiarity with applicable DISA STIGs, SRGs, secure configuration requirements, and vulnerability-remediation workflows.
- Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Secret clearance at the time of consideration
- Fully Remote position; must align with Eastern Time Zone core business hours
Software Development 3
5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
Software Development 4
9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
***Salary level based on background, direct experience and education
Preferred Requirements
- 8+ years of preferred experience
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud, including Amazon Bedrock, API Gateway, S3, and Boto3.
- Experience with streaming APIs, WebSockets, server-sent events, queues, or asynchronous processing patterns.
- Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, document-ingestion workflows, or AI orchestration services.
- Experience supporting RMF activities, security-control evidence, continuous monitoring, or STIG/SRG assessment remediation.
- Experience working with front-end, AI/ML, platform, cybersecurity, and identity-management teams.
- Working experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS sufficient to build and maintain enterprise application user interfaces and integrate them with backend APIs.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods while working at a computer.
- Ability to operate a keyboard, mouse, and standard office equipment to perform analytical tasks.
- Must be able to effectively communicate in virtual meetings, briefings, and secure collaboration environments.
- Ability to review, analyze, and interpret digital data for extended periods with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Occasional light lifting of documents or equipment up to 10 lbs, if needed for home-office setup.
- Must maintain a home work environment that meets company and government security requirements (e.g., controlled space for handling sensitive or FOUO information, if applicable).
- Must be able to work assigned East Coast core business hours to support program and customer requirements.
- Potential travel <10% to customer site (East Coast) for customer and stakeholder meetings.
HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote backend infrastructure engineer jobs.
- Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure
- Hands-on experience with container orchestration tools, particularly Kubernetes
- Infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent tooling
- Strong understanding of networking, load balancing, and distributed system design
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and observability tooling
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
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Apply early to remote roles that fit
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Show your infrastructure work publicly
Remote employers can't see you in an office, so your GitHub matters more. Publish Terraform modules, Kubernetes configs, or CI/CD pipeline setups. Documented, working infrastructure code signals remote readiness faster than a bullet point on a resume.
Prove async communication in your application
Remote backend infrastructure teams run on written communication. Write your cover note the way you'd write a technical incident summary: clear, structured, and free of ambiguity. Employers hiring remotely screen for this before the first call.
Target remote-first engineering organizations
Companies built around distributed teams hire backend infrastructure engineers differently than companies that added remote as an afterthought. Filter for remote-first firms where the tooling, on-call rotation, and incident response are designed for fully distributed engineers from the start.
Remote Backend Infrastructure Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote backend infrastructure engineer job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams, where backend infrastructure roles are built around async collaboration from day one. Remote employers screen for self-direction, clear written communication, and hands-on fluency with tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms. Showing observable output, a public infrastructure project, or contributions to open-source repos gives you a concrete edge over candidates with equivalent experience but no remote signal.
Which companies hire remote backend infrastructure engineers?
Companies hiring remote backend infrastructure engineers right now include Superhuman, HII, and Tenna, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first technology firms, cloud-native SaaS companies, and distributed fintech and developer-tools teams are the most consistent sources of these openings.
Can you get a remote backend infrastructure engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level backend infrastructure roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and ship independently without in-person support. Small remote-first startups and early-stage cloud teams are more open to junior candidates than large enterprises. A documented homelab setup, a public infrastructure project on GitHub, or demonstrated fluency with a major cloud provider opens doors that a resume alone won't.
Do you need a degree for remote backend infrastructure engineer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers hiring backend infrastructure engineers weight practical skills, certifications like AWS or GCP, and demonstrated ability to manage production systems far more heavily than a diploma. A portfolio showing real infrastructure work, solid knowledge of networking and reliability principles, and cloud platform certifications often matter more than whether you finished a four-year program.
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