Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications

1 month ago

Laurel, MD, USASenior

Base Salary

$170k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for workforce use.
Modify free and open-source software to support customer use cases.
Engage customers, elicit requirements, and develop solutions for their needs.
Maintain customer-facing infrastructure and applications in production.
Lead AI Tools and Applications initiatives and coordinate work across integrated teams.
Conduct one-on-ones and provide coaching, feedback, and support to team members.
Serve as the team point of contact for contract administration.
Define solutions for complex and underspecified systems and requirements.
Establish technical policies, standards, and governance frameworks.
Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams.
Implement and oversee monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
Ensure the availability, reliability, performance, and security of software components.
Communicate with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.
U.S. citizenship is required; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or an additional four years of experience in place of the degree.
At least 12 years of software development experience.
Expertise in UI/UX principles and mastery of Python.
Significant experience using LLMs in a code solution workflow and developing and maintaining production software.
Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, containerization, and SRE best practices.
Willingness to learn, lead a team, and manage multiple junior developers.
Strong communication skills, curiosity, and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Familiarity with AWS or other cloud service providers and Argo CD or other CI/CD frameworks.
Applicants selected must obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

100% employee-owned company with employee participation through an ESOP.
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; employees waiving medical benefits receive an additional $4,160 per year.
Annual $600 lifestyle bonus for gyms, fitness, technology, or an HSA.
Annual merit increases, performance-based bonuses, and life and disability insurance.
The hiring process includes a recruiter phone screen and an interview with a Visionist team at the Columbia, Maryland headquarters.

51-200 employees