Full Stack Software Engineer (AWS Certification Required)
Visionist, Inc.9 months ago
Laurel, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$135k - $206k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure supporting AI model inference at scale.
- Develop and maintain production AI services and applications, including retrieval augmented generation and autonomous agents.
- Define scalable technical solutions for ambiguous and evolving requirements.
- Drive adoption of new technologies, tools, and engineering best practices.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code principles.
- Ensure the availability, reliability, performance, and scalability of AI platform components.
- Uphold security best practices for AI systems and data.
- Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, with an additional two years of experience permitted as a substitute.
- Six years of software development experience.
- One of the following certifications: AWS Certified Developer—Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning—Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning—Specialty, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer.
- Experience building and maintaining production systems at scale.
- Experience designing and optimizing high-volume web application architectures.
- Strong systems integration experience across diverse technologies and platforms.
- Hands-on cloud engineering experience, preferably with AWS.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and common deployment patterns.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Experience implementing observability solutions such as APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
- Ability to drive change and influence across teams or organizations.
- Ability to create structure in ambiguous environments.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
Benefits
- 100% employee-owned company with employee participation in company success.
- Competitive 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 benefits 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.
- U.S.-based government work requiring security-clearance eligibility and an interview process including a recruiter phone screen and team interview at the Columbia, Maryland headquarters.
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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.