Senior Software Engineer - AI Tools & Applications (TS/SCI)

Visionist, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee-owned

15% retirement contribution

4 weeks paid time off plus holidays

Parental leave benefits

Medical, dental, vision

Lifestyle bonus

Merit increases and performance-based

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications in Laurel, MD to craft AI tools for the workforce, ensuring high availability, security, and rapid iterations for operations users.

You will lead with a strong Python foundation and leverage LLM-based workflows to deliver production-grade software. The role emphasizes collaboration across analysts and engineers, mentoring junior developers, and acting as POC for contract administration while adopting new technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 4 years of additional experience may substitute degree.
• 12 years of experience in software development.
• Expertise in UI/UX principles.
• Mastery of Python.
• Significant experience with using LLMs as part of a code solution workflow.
• Significant experience developing and maintaining production software.
• Experience with Kubernetes/Helm.
• Experience supporting production software using SRE best practices.
• Experience with Docker and containerization.
• Willingness to learn, lead a team, and manage multiple junior developers.
• Strong communication skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud service providers.
• Familiarity with Argo CD and CI/CD frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for the workforce to use.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of AI tools.
• Modify FOSS to accommodate customer use cases.
• Engage with customers to elicit requirements and develop solutions.
• Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and applications.
• Serve as a technical lead for AI Tools and Applications initiatives.
• Provide coaching and support to team members.
• Act as POC for contract administration functions.
• Navigate ambiguity and define solutions for complex systems.
• Establish new technical policies, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Drive adoption of new technologies across engineering teams.
• Implement and oversee monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of components.
• Communicate with stakeholders at multiple levels.

Skills

Python

LLMs

UI/UX

Production software

Team leadership

Communication

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Helm

Argo CD

SRE

Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

Argo CD

CI/CD frameworks

AWS

Job description

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications in Laurel, MD to craft AI tools for the workforce, ensuring high availability, security, and rapid iterations for operations users.

You will lead with a strong Python foundation and leverage LLM-based workflows to deliver production-grade software. The role emphasizes collaboration across analysts and engineers, mentoring junior developers, and acting as POC for contract administration while adopting new technologies