Junior Software Engineer
Belay Technologies2 days ago
Fort Meade, MD, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$70k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and test Python components for agentic AI solutions, including MCP servers, Skills, and integrations with mission data sources and tools.
- Participate in requirements discussions with operators and analysts and learn their workflows and tradecraft.
- Build scripts and tools to convert, normalize, and extract information from customer data.
- Write test cases and evaluation examples to assess the correctness and reliability of AI capabilities.
- Use AI coding agents in daily development and review generated code before committing it.
- Collaborate with engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend fixes.
- Create documentation and user guides to support adoption of new AI tools.
Requirements
- Three years of experience and TS/SCI clearance with polygraph are required.
- A bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or four additional years of experience in place of the degree is required.
- Proficiency in Python, including JSON, REST APIs, and data manipulation, is required.
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including Git, testing, and debugging, is required.
- Familiarity with LLM concepts such as prompt engineering, structured outputs, and tool or function calling is required.
- Experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code or Copilot is required.
- Familiarity with Linux environments and the command line is required.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to learn from senior engineers and mission subject matter experts are required.
- Desired qualifications include experience with agentic workflows, MCP servers, Skills, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, retrieval systems, RAG, vector databases, Elasticsearch, React, TypeScript, cybersecurity, or CNO and SIGINT systems.
Benefits
- Eight weeks of paid leave, including personal leave, Yay! days, a birthday day off, 11 paid holidays, and optional volunteer leave.
- 401(k) contributions with a 10% company match vested on day one.
- $5,000 annual training and tuition benefit and a student loan repayment program.
- Company-funded HSA and medical coverage with 100% coinsurance.
- Dental coverage including orthodontia.
- Company-funded life insurance coverage of up to $420,000.
- Additional perks include Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes, a pet adoption program, referral bonuses, and company events.
- The role offers a flexible work-life balance and career development opportunities in Columbia, Maryland, in the Baltimore/Washington area.
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About Belay Technologies
BELAY provides managed, U.S.-based virtual staffing for small and midsize organizations, including executive assistants, bookkeeping, and marketing support. Clients engage fractional, remote professionals through a subscription-like, managed-service model with personalized matching and flexible scope. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the privately held company focuses on operational support that frees leaders from scheduling, inbox, financial reporting, and other administrative workloads.