Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications

Visionist, Inc
Laurel, MD, United States
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$170,000.0 - $240,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Continuous Integration Design of User Interfaces Python (Programming Language) Octopus Deploy Reliability Engineering Cloud Services Software Engineering Data Logging System Availability Large Language Models
+5 more
Containerization AI Platforms Kubernetes Free and Open-Source Software Docker

Job description

Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of AI tools

  • Modify FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) to accommodate the customer’s use cases
  • Regularly engage with customers, conducting requirements elicitation and developing solutions to address their needs
  • Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and applications, ensuring reliable services
  • Serve as a technical lead for AI Tools and Applications initiatives, coordinating work across integrated teams
  • Conduct regular one-on-ones and provide coaching, feedback, and support for assigned team members
  • Act as the team point of contact (POC) for contract administration functions
  • 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
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of components
  • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)

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

Benefits & conditions

Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career

  • 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 ā€œuse or loseā€, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
  • 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
  • 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

Salary range: $170,000 - $240,000 Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.

About the company

For over 15 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community’s toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people-your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it-check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com.

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