AI Software Engineer

About Bering Straits Professional Services

Bering Straits Professional Services (BSPS) is committed to world-class management of global logistics, training and procurement services for U.S. Government agencies. BSPS is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as an 8(a) contractor and received ISO 9001 certification in February 2022.

About the role

AI Software Engineer in Anchorage, AK.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement AI-powered capabilities using Large Language Models (LLMs) across LogIT applications.
• Develop and integrate conversational interfaces, copilots, and intelligent assistants into logistics and operational systems.
• Build and maintain retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging enterprise data sources, documents, and knowledge bases.
• Implement prompt engineering techniques, guardrails, and orchestration workflows to ensure accurate and secure AI outputs.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing systems using APIs, microservices, and middleware.
• Collaborate with Product Owner(s), system engineers, and stakeholders to support implementation of AI use cases across the portfolio.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings, execute assigned workload, and work within project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Support monitoring, evaluation, and observability of LLM performance and usage.
• Adhere to security, data governance, and Responsible AI standards.
• Contribute to reusable AI components and shared engineering practices.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or 5–10 years of equivalent experience.
• Experience: Three to five years of software engineering experience.
• Experience developing applications using modern programming languages (e.g., .NET, Python, Java).
• Experience integrating or working with LLM APIs (e.g., Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Google Gemini).
• Ability to obtain or hold a U.S. government security clearance; requires U.S. citizenship.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of LLM concepts including prompt engineering, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Knowledge of APIs and microservices-based system integration.
• Familiarity with cloud-based AI platforms.
• Ability to develop AI-enabled features within LogIT and enterprise systems.
• Ability to analyze and translate technical and business requirements into functional AI solutions.
• Ability to evaluate AI outputs and apply improvements for accuracy and reliability.

Additional Qualifying Factors

• Pass a pre-employment drug screening.
• Have acceptable background check results.
• Obtain and maintain required clearance levels and access to military installations, if applicable.

Shareholder Preference

BSNC gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, shareholder descendants, and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.