Mid-Level Software Engineer II (AI Focus)

Neural Solutions; Columbia, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD seeks a Mid-Level Software Engineer II (AI Focus) to develop AI-enabled integrations within security operations workflows. You will work under senior engineers to ensure AI tools are stable and seamlessly integrated with the customer's toolset.

Responsibilities include building agentic integrations with Python, handling AI models and data sources, collaborating with engineers, and presenting data to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience: 8 years with a technical Bachelor's degree, or 12 years without.

Responsibilities

• Develop agentic integrations with Python across AI models and data sources in production.
• Build agentic workflows using frameworks like PydanticIA, Langgraph, and DeepAgents.
• Interact with mission stakeholders to elicit requirements and devise solutions.
• Navigate customer data types to identify and extract relevant information.
• Collaborate with engineers to test workflows and fix issues.

Skills

Python

JSON handling

REST APIs

Data manipulation

HTTP queries

Prompt engineering

Context management

Structured outputs

Tool calling

AI concepts

Git

Jira/Confluence

Data presentation

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Mid-Level Software Engineer II (AI Focus)

Software Engineer - AI Integration

We are seeking a Software Engineer with a focus on AI to support analysts and operators by developing and refining the software that integrates AI capabilities into advanced security operations workflows. In this role, you will work under the guidance of senior engineers to ensure AI tools are stable, reliable, and seamlessly integrated into the customer's existing toolset.

Responsibilities:

• Develop agentic integrations with Python that leverage multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources in production.
• Build tools and agentic workflows within modern frameworks like PydanticIA, Langgraph, and DeepAgents.
• Interact with mission stakeholders to elicit requirements and devise solutions.
• Navigate customer data types to identify and extract relevant information.
• Collaborate with other software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend pathways for fixes.

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in Python, particularly in handling JSON, interacting with REST APIs, and data manipulation.
• Experience leveraging HTTP-based APIs to access data through queries.
• Understanding AI development concepts, including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool/function calling.
• Experience with software source control (Git) and the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence).
• Experience presenting data analysis results to customers.
• Familiarity with Gitlab CICD automation.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration.
• Basic knowledge of end-to-end intelligence collection and analysis systems.
• Background in cybersecurity or understanding of security operations workflows.
• Familiarity with retrieval systems (RAG, vector databases, semantic search).
• Familiarity with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• Practical experience in one or more artificial intelligence domains (e.g., intelligent systems, autonomy, planning, LLMs).

Experience Required: 8 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or 12 years without degree

Location: Columbia, MD

Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required

Salary Range: $148,000 - $177,000