Backend Software Engineer – AI Agents (Remote)

Northrop Grumman; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking Backend Software Engineers to join the Agent Foundation team within i2 Ecosystem & Experience. You will build the APIs and backend services that support enterprise AI agents, including agent registration, configuration, data storage, administration and connections to LangSmith.

This position can be hired at Level 3 or Level 4; preferred location Falls Church, VA, with a virtual telecommuter option.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or a related STEM discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience for Level 3 or 8+ years for Level 4.
• Experience developing production backend software using Python, TypeScript, Java, C#, Go or comparable languages.
• Experience with APIs (REST), SQL, relational databases and schema migrations.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, debugging and collaborative software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs for agent registration, configuration, versioning and administration.
• Design database schemas, migrations and reliable data access.
• Implement authentication, authorization, input validation and auditable administrative actions.
• Develop background jobs, queues and event processing with retries and failure recovery.
• Integrate services with LangSmith, model gateways and enterprise APIs.
• Write automated tests and use logs, metrics and traces to diagnose production issues.
• Review code, document APIs and support software releases and maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Backend development

APIs (REST)

Relational databases

Docker

Security compliance

Git & testing

Team collaboration

Clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or a related STEM discipline

Master’s degree with 3+ years relevant experience

Master’s degree with 6+ years relevant experience

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Java

C#

Go

PostgreSQL

Redis

LangSmith

FastAPI

Node.js

Azure

Docker

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking Backend Software Engineers to join the Agent Foundation team within i2 Ecosystem & Experience. You will build the APIs and backend services that support enterprise AI agents, including agent registration, configuration, data storage, administration and connections to LangSmith.

This position can be hired at Level 3 or Level 4; preferred location Falls Church, VA, with a virtual telecommuter option.