AI-Driven Junior Software Engineer (Remote Training)

Uptime Crew; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Voluntary life insurance

11 paid days off

Industry certification(s)

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Uptime Crew is seeking an Entry Level AI Engineer to join a paid 10-week training program, then deploy to a client’s engineering team in a hybrid on-site role in Arlington, VA / DC area. You will gain hands-on experience with AI‑driven DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployments while contributing to real projects.

The program emphasizes AI tools, secure coding practices, and collaboration with product, design, security, and compliance teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on coding experience through coursework, projects, or internships.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and web or backend basics.
• Ability to learn quickly and work in an Agile team.
• Willing to work hybrid in D.C. or Arlington Virginia.
• Pass a coding challenge, background check, and drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted DevSecOps practices, using large language models and automation tools to accelerate secure containerization of legacy applications while maintaining security compliance.
• Develop and maintain AI‑enhanced CI/CD pipelines that automatically generate security policies, container configurations, and infrastructure‑as‑code templates based on application requirements and best practices.
• Use AI coding assistants for implementation, refactoring, and documentation while following team guidelines.
• Generate unit and integration tests, improve coverage, and reduce defects.
• Speed up PRs with AI‑assisted reviews, summaries, and risk notes.
• Query logs and docs with AI to troubleshoot issues and unblock work.
• Partner with product, design, security, and compliance to ship increments to production standards.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Data structures

Algorithms

Fast learner

Agile teamwork

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

APIs

SQL

GitHub

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

GCP

Job description

Uptime Crew is seeking an Entry Level AI Engineer to join a paid 10-week training program, then deploy to a client’s engineering team in a hybrid on-site role in Arlington, VA / DC area. You will gain hands-on experience with AI‑driven DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployments while contributing to real projects.

The program emphasizes AI tools, secure coding practices, and collaboration with product, design, security, and compliance teams.