Junior Product Engineer - Software Engineer I

Finch; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

DefenseStorm is seeking a Junior Product Engineer / Software Engineer I to guide AI agents in implementing features for the GRID platform. You will translate customer problems into precise specifications and review outputs to ensure customer value is delivered.

Located in Atlanta, GA with remote options, this role collaborates across product, design, and engineering teams, breaking work into increments and validating results through tests and demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field.
• 0-4 years of experience building and maintaining production software systems.
• An AI-native mindset and genuine interest in agentic software development.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into precise specifications and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Proficiency to evaluate agent-produced architecture, data flow, tests, edge cases, and security.
• Comfort iterating quickly, learning from failures, and improving instructions based on results.
• High standard for reviewing and validating work over accepting generated output at face value.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and customer-facing teams to shape the right outcomes.
• Define clear problem statements, requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation constraints.
• Break initiatives into small, independently deliverable increments for agent execution.
• Direct AI agents through iterative development workflows.
• Review generated implementations for correctness, maintainability, security, and alignment with the specification.
• Validate results through tests, demonstrations, and customer-focused evaluation.
• Diagnose failures to improve context, specifications, and the agent harness.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

AI mindset

Specification-driven development

Collaboration

Clear communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Junior Product Engineer | Software Engineer I

As a Product Engineer (SDE1), you’ll help shape and deliver features for the GRID platform through specification-driven, agentic development. You’ll understand customer and business problems, translate them into precise specifications, and guide AI agents through implementation. You’ll remain accountable for the resulting product: reviewing agent output, validating behavior, refining requirements, and ensuring the solution delivers customer value. This role is not a traditional software development position centered on manually writing code. Its core responsibilities are using judgment to define what should be built, directing agentic development, and ensuring what ships solves customer problems.

Location

Atlanta, GA
Remote

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and customer-facing teams to shape the right outcomes.
• Define clear problem statements, requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation constraints.
• Break initiatives into small, independently deliverable increments for agent execution.
• Direct AI agents through iterative development workflows.
• Review generated implementations for correctness, maintainability, security, and alignment with the specification.
• Validate results through tests, demonstrations, and customer-focused evaluation.
• Diagnose failures to improve context, specifications, and the agent harness.
• Other duties as assigned by management

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field.
• 0-4 years of experience building and maintaining production software systems.
• An AI-native mindset and genuine interest in building software through agentic workflows.
• Strong ability to turn ambiguous problems into precise specifications and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Proficiency with software engineering so you can evaluate agent-produced architecture, data flow, tests, edge cases, and security.
• Comfort iterating quickly, learning from failures, andimproving instructions based on results.
• A high standard for reviewing and validating work rather than accepting generated output at face value.
• Clear communication, sound judgment, ownership, and a collaborative mindset.

DefenseStorm provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Notice: Use of Automated Decision-Making Technology

As part of our hiring process, DefenseStorm may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) to assist in evaluating, screening, ranking, or scoring applicants for this role. This technology may materially influence decisions about your eligibility for or selection for employment.

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