Jobs · Engineering · Maryland

Junior Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Visionist, Inc. · Columbia, MD · 1 mo ago
Engineering$115k–$160k/yrFull-time

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
  • 3 years of experience in software development
  • Strong software development experience with advanced proficiency in Python
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications supporting hundreds to thousands of users
  • Understanding of modern AI development concepts, including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool/function calling
  • Experience building scalable, resilient stream processing systems using event-driven and messaging platforms (e.g., Kafka)
  • Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation

Qualifications

Develop agent-based integrations in Python that leverage multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources in production environments
Build tools and agent workflows using modern frameworks such as PydanticAI, LangGraph, and DeepAgents
Collaborate directly with stakeholders and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities
Design and implement real-time analytics pipelines in Python using Apache Kafka for stream processing and Elasticsearch for indexing and search
Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot a production-grade agentic platform to ensure reliability and performance

Benefits

  • We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
  • Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
  • 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
  • Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
  • Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
  • Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
  • Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability

Pay

$115,000 - $160,000

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