Backend AI Engineer for Secure Enterprise APIs

Bestgate Engineering, LLC; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bestgate Engineering, LLC is seeking backend engineers to advance secure AI integration across enterprise systems. You will build internal APIs, MCP servers, and reusable AI skills, focusing on guardrails, data privacy, and robust testing for non-deterministic outputs.

Ideal candidates have strong Java experience with Spring or Guava, hands-on API design, microservices, and a passion for secure software delivery in agile teams. U.S.

Qualifications

• Strong Java software engineering experience with modern frameworks (e.g., Spring or Guava).
• Experience designing enterprise APIs, RESTful services, and microservice architectures.
• Familiarity with applied AI concepts such as prompt engineering, tool use, function calling, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build internal APIs, middleware, routing layers, and reusable services for secure AI integration.
• Develop MCP servers and reusable AI skills connecting models to databases, microservices, and external APIs.
• Implement enterprise guardrails for privacy, sensitive data handling, prompt injection defense, and output validation.

Skills

Java

Spring

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Applied AI concepts

Git

Maven

Linux CLI

Agile delivery

Troubleshooting

Communication

Job description

Bestgate Engineering, LLC is seeking backend engineers to advance secure AI integration across enterprise systems. You will build internal APIs, MCP servers, and reusable AI skills, focusing on guardrails, data privacy, and robust testing for non-deterministic outputs.

Ideal candidates have strong Java experience with Spring or Guava, hands-on API design, microservices, and a passion for secure software delivery in agile teams. U.S.