Junior Software Engineer (AI Focus)
Visionist, Inc.5 days ago
Columbia, MD, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$115k - $135k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop production agentic integrations in Python using multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources.
- Build tools and agentic workflows with PydanticAI, LangGraph, and DeepAgents.
- Collaborate with mission stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions.
- Navigate customer data types to identify and extract relevant information.
- Work with software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or four additional years of experience in place of the degree.
- Three years of software engineering experience.
- Experience with Python, JSON, REST APIs, HTTP-based APIs, data manipulation, and query-based data access.
- Experience with AI development concepts including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool/function calling.
- Familiarity with Git, Jira, and Confluence.
- Familiarity with presenting data analysis results to customers.
- U.S. citizenship is required; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
- An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required, and selected applicants must obtain or maintain a government security clearance.
Benefits
- 100% employee-owned company with employee ownership benefits.
- 15% retirement contribution consisting of a 5% 401(k) match and 10% ESOP contribution.
- Four weeks of paid time off, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, and flexible work hours.
- 80 hours of paid parental leave plus an $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for individuals and families, with an additional $4,160 per year for employees who waive medical benefits.
- Annual $600 lifestyle bonus for gyms, fitness, new technology, or an HSA.
- Annual merit increases and performance-based bonuses.
- Term life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Interview process includes a recruiter phone screen and an interview with the Visionist team at its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland.
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About Visionist, Inc.
Visionist, Inc. delivers engineering, software development, and analytical services to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies, often as a prime contractor. Its teams build mission systems and analysis tools spanning AI/ML integration, cyber and network security, digital signal processing, data analytics, and UX for analysts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Visionist is privately held and 100% employee-owned through an ESOP.