Senior Backend Engineer, Navigation & Spatial Systems

Job overview

The Senior Backend Engineer, Navigation & Spatial Systems role is onsite in Washington, DC; compensation is not specified. The role supports navigation-related platform capabilities and spatial systems work. This engineer designs backend services and data structures for navigation, spatial workflows, routing, and movement through complex 3D environments. The work also strengthens platform integrations, security, performance, and reliability.

What you'll do

• Design backend services in C++ or a similar object-oriented or lower-level language
• build services for navigation and spatial workflows
• develop data schemas, domain models, event structures, persistence strategies, APIs, and service integrations
• build authentication, authorization, and role-based access control
• develop event-driven systems using Kafka or comparable technologies
• collaborate with product, frontend, AI/ML, DevOps, and security teams
• improve production performance, scalability, reliability, and debuggability
• participate in design and code reviews and production readiness.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior backend engineer

navigation systems

spatial systems

backend services

c++

java

rust

apache kafka

distributed systems

authentication and authorization

washington dc

expert in recruitment solutions

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role may involve production development in Go or C++, depending on platform needs; experience with navigation, spatial systems, routing, mapping, simulation, robotics, or 3D environments is relevant.

About the employer

Expert In Recruitment Solutions is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.