Senior Agentic Software Engineer — AI-Enabled Systems

MITRE; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is seeking a Senior Agentic Software Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate mission-focused software systems and data platforms. You’ll apply agentic/AI-enabled development techniques, advise sponsors, and lead architectural improvements and guardrail implementations.

You will work across domains to deliver production-grade capabilities, with emphasis on secure coding, automated testing, and CI/CD practices, while meeting high reliability and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related software development experience, or 3 years with a Master’s, or PhD with relevant experience.
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering and Python, including secure coding and automated testing.
• Hands‑on use of agentic/AI‑assisted development tools and integrating them into SDLC.
• Experience designing guardrails for AI-enabled engineering and governance of outputs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, secure, and operate mission-focused software systems and data platforms.
• Lead agentic development toolchains and automate workflows integrated into engineering practices.
• Prototype and mature AI-enabled capabilities into production-grade systems with security and observability.

Skills

Python proficiency

Agentic AI tools

Secure coding

Code review

CI/CD practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Copilot

Code agents

Splunk

Job description

MITRE is seeking a Senior Agentic Software Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate mission-focused software systems and data platforms. You’ll apply agentic/AI-enabled development techniques, advise sponsors, and lead architectural improvements and guardrail implementations.

You will work across domains to deliver production-grade capabilities, with emphasis on secure coding, automated testing, and CI/CD practices, while meeting high reliability and compliance requirements.