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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Mid-Level Developer - **Company:** SGA Inc. - **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Audit Trail, Code Review, Collaborative Software, Computer Programming, Databases, Data Mining, Data Visualization, Software Debugging, Groovy, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Node.Js, NoSQL, Scrum Methodology, Queueing Systems, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Software Applications, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Spring-boot, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Fastapi, Vue.js, Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Functional Programming, Text Analysis, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform, GPT, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/959bcb01-6600-4098-94e0-349d6d3c8a54 ## About the Role * Must bring a minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience and be conversant with Model Context Protocol (MCP), agentic tools, and AI-driven orchestration patterns. * RESTful API design and development * AWS * Core services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, API Gateway * QuickSight for dashboards and data visualization * CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray for monitoring and troubleshooting * IAM, Security services, VPC networking * Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) * Programming & Development * Java/Groovy, Spring Boot, * Python, FastAPI * Frontend. Either of Node.js, Angular, React, Vue.js * Writing unit and integration tests * RESTful API design and microservices architecture * CI/CD pipelines (GitLab exposure preferred) * Databases/SQL AWS Postgres Agentic AI & MCP Experience * Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for connecting AI models to external tools, data sources, and services in a standardized way * Experience building or integrating tool-use frameworks that allow agents to invoke APIs, query databases, read/write files, and orchestrate downstream services * Familiarity with prompt engineering, context management, and token optimization for production LLM workloads Preferred Skills : * Experience with OCR technologies (e.g., AWS Textract, Tesseract, etc) * Experience with LLM frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Bedrock Agents * Familiarity with vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns * Experience with message queues or event-driven architectures * Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) * Experience with NoSQL databases * AWS certification ## Description * Design and develop scalable backend services that power intelligent document ingestion, extraction, and transformation workflows * contribute to building systems where autonomous agents coordinate multi-step document processing pipelines - from raw document intake through structured data extraction and downstream delivery. * Works under general supervision and will develop, test, debug, and document software components as part of a collaborative software engineering effort. * This role focuses on backend development using Java and Python to deliver reliable, scalable services that integrate traditional software engineering with modern AI/ML capabilities. * Review and analyze process, system, and/or data requirements and specifications. * Design and implement backend components for one or more areas (subsystems) of a project, product, or program. * Build, test, deploy, and document software components for project and program-level solutions. * Participate in the creation of software engineering strategies that help identify and mitigate risks. * Participate in peer review of code, requirements, specifications, and software. * Document and communicate development status in a timely manner including metric reporting. * Collaborate in the resolution of defects. * Contribute to internal process improvement initiatives and provide feedback on processes. * Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls. * Ensure all work products meet or exceed organizational standards. * Demonstrate organizational values through collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of the organization's mission. * Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team to deliver high-quality enterprise software * Experience supporting applications in areas such as text analytics, enterprise search, enterprise profiles, and enterprise alerts * Participation in production releases * Active involvement in Scrum activities including story refinement, sprint retrospectives, daily standups, and code reviews ## Related Videos - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Supercharge Agentic AI Apps: A DevEx-Driven Approach to Cloud-Native Scaffolding](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1604-supercharge-agentic-ai-apps-a-devex-driven-approach-to-cloud-native-scaffolding) - [Streaming AI Responses in Real-Time with SSE in Next.js & NestJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1630-streaming-ai-responses-in-real-time-with-sse-in-next-js-nestjs) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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