Software Engineer 2

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD | Onsite | Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph | Full-Time

About the role

Join a growing team at Weeghman & Briggs supporting critical government initiatives. This opportunity is part of an Enterprise IT contract with a team of SIGDEV Analysts, Systems Engineers, Junior Engineers, Telecommunication Technical Analysts, and System Administrators. You will contribute to the architecture, engineering, integration, operations, maintenance, and sustainment of a multi-level Enterprise IT environment in a worldwide mission-critical setting.

Responsibilities

• Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance.
• Work directly with mission users to capture workflows, document operational decision points, and translate them into effective AI-enabled capabilities.
• Design and implement solutions, including LLM-powered workflows, agent-based automation, or hybrid approaches based on mission needs.
• Collaborate with operators, analysts, developers, and mission leadership to ensure solutions integrate with existing systems, perform reliably, and adhere to security and governance standards.
• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process.
• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, and investigating problem areas.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict outcomes.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints.
• Perform quality control on team products.
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams to ensure work aligns with software development process constraints.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and project limitations.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university (four years of additional SWE experience may substitute for the degree).
• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data science, or software engineering within cyber, intelligence, or national security environments.
• Experience capturing user workflows and translating them into structured process maps, automation requirements, or executable logic.
• Experience designing or implementing LLM-based or agentic workflows, including multi-step reasoning, tool integrations, and orchestration.
• Experience integrating AI systems with APIs, enterprise data stores, or mission platforms.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engineering AI capabilities in on-premise or multi-classification environments.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, including work in restricted or classified environments.
• Experience with AI/LLM development frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or CrewAI.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM, or llama.cpp.
• Experience with cyber or intelligence workflows, operational data types, or mission-oriented analytical processes.
• Master’s degree in AI, ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or Engineering.

Pay

The projected salary range for this position is $206,600–$229,600, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and contract requirements.

Benefits

Weeghman & Briggs offers a competitive benefits package designed to support you professionally and personally. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits here.