Junior Software Engineer: AI & Prompt Engineering

LOCALITY; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid days off

Job summary

Locality is seeking an entry-level Computer Science graduate for a contract-to-perm role in New York. You will apply prompt engineering and AI-assisted development to real production systems, building and refining AI-driven features.

The role emphasizes CS fundamentals, learning, and contributing to scalable services, with opportunities to work across APIs, data analysis, and automation workflows. Competitive benefits accompany a growth-oriented enviro nment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, basic system design.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine prompts for software development, data analysis, and automation workflows.
• Test, evaluate, and validate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, and reliability.
• Build and maintain small services, scripts, and internal tools integrating AI models via APIs.
• Write clean, well-documented code and contribute to unit/integration testing.
• Debug issues across the stack, including AI outputs and API integrations.
• Participate in code reviews to improve quality and standards.
• Monitor AI-driven features in production and suggest improvements.

Skills

Prompt engineering

AI-assisted development

Python

JavaScript

Java

Git

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

APIs

HTTP requests

Job description

Locality is seeking an entry-level Computer Science graduate for a contract-to-perm role in New York. You will apply prompt engineering and AI-assisted development to real production systems, building and refining AI-driven features.

The role emphasizes CS fundamentals, learning, and contributing to scalable services, with opportunities to work across APIs, data analysis, and automation workflows. Competitive benefits accompany a growth-oriented enviro nment.