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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Visionist, Inc
- **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Code Generation, Software Debugging, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Prompt Engineering, Apache Kafka, Build Tools, Stream Processing, Code Restructuring
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9107854/software-engineer

## About the Role

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

 - 3 years of experience in software development with strong Python proficiency
 - Hands on experience building and maintaining production applications servicing hundreds to thousands of users
 - Experience developing resilient, scalable stream processing applications using modern messaging and event-streaming platforms
 - Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation
 - Understanding of AI development concepts, including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool/function calling

## Description

Develop agentic integrations with Python that leverage multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources in production

 - Build tools and agentic workflows within modern frameworks like PydanticAI, Langgraph, and DeepAgents
 - Work directly with key stakeholders and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities
 - Design and implement real-time analytics pipelines in Python leveraging Apache Kafka for stream processing and Elasticsearch for indexing and querying
 - Maintain and troubleshoot a production grade agentic platform


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