Senior Software Engineer – Tools and Applications

About the role

We are looking for a software engineer to support our AI infrastructure team in Columbia, MD. In this role, you will develop and maintain high-quality tools and applications that enable seamless and efficient use of AI by the customer base.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for workforce usage
• Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of AI tools
• Modify FOSS to accommodate customer-specific use cases
• Regularly engage with customers, conducting requirements elicitation and developing solutions
• Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and applications for reliable service provision
• Serve as a technical lead for AI Tools and Applications initiatives, coordinating work across teams
• Conduct regular one-on-ones and provide coaching, feedback, and support to team members
• Navigate ambiguity and define solutions for complex, underspecified systems and requirements
• Establish new technical policies, standards, and governance frameworks where gaps exist
• Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams
• Implement and oversee monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for AI services
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels

Required Skills

• Expertise in UI/UX principles
• Significant experience using LLMs as part of a code solution workflow
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Strong communication skills and willingness to ask questions
• Mastery of Python
• Demonstrate a willingness to lead a team and manage multiple junior developers
• Significant experience developing and maintaining production software
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud service providers
• Experience with Kubernetes/Helm
• Familiarity with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks
• Experience supporting production software using SRE best practices
• Experience with Docker and containerization

Nice To Have

• Experience with LLM UI Open-Source software such as OpenWebUI
• Proficiency with AWS or other cloud service providers
• Proficiency with Kubernetes/Helm
• Proficiency with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks
• Extensive experience supporting production software using SRE best practices
• Proficiency with Docker and containerization
• Experience with LLM model hosting

Experience

12 years with Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or 16 years without degree

Location

Columbia, MD

Clearance

TS/SCI with Polygraph required

Pay

Salary Range: $204,000 - $247,000