Software Engineer

Phx Fwd; Scottsdale (AZ); Ibrido; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Stock compensation plan

Comprehensive health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Descrizione del lavoro

AikiTech in Scottsdale, AZ seeks an early-career software engineer to contribute to production GenAI systems for public sector use. You will write Python, build backend services, test systems, and learn from senior engineers while ensuring compliance and reliability.

You'll work with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure Gov) and pursue secure development practices, documenting your work and translating agency requirements into dependable software for regulated environments.

Competenze

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science completed before employment start date.
• Zero to two years of professional software engineering experience; internships and research count.
• Strong Python programming skills and understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• At least one substantial software project you can explain in depth.
• Practical exposure to LLM APIs or applied machine learning through coursework or projects.
• Experience building or consuming APIs and working with structured data.
• Familiarity with Git, automated testing, and collaborative software development practices.
• Basic familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.

Mansioni

• Build Python backend services, APIs, and data-processing pipelines.
• Contribute to LLM-powered applications on public-cloud platforms.
• Create and maintain automated tests and evaluation datasets.
• Integrate models, embedding services, and internal platform components.
• Assist with real-time audio transcription and event-driven processing.
• Contribute to cloud deployments across AWS and Azure government-cloud environments.
• Use Git, CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and issue tracking in the development lifecycle.
• Follow secure-development practices including least-privilege access and data retention controls.
• Prepare technical documentation for SOC 2 and CJIS-alignment work.
• Investigate defects and implement durable fixes.
• Translate agency requirements into reliable software behavior.

Conoscenze

Python

DS & Algorithms

OOP design

Testing & debugging

APIs

Git workflows

Cloud basics

Communication skills

Formazione

Master's or doctoral degree in Computer Science

Strumenti

Git

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

About AikiTech

AikiTech builds secure generative AI products for the public sector, with initial applications in public safety and education. Our platform is configurable to agency workflows and built from the ground up to meet the security and privacy standards those agencies must satisfy.

Generative AI is advancing faster than established engineering playbooks, particularly in public-sector environments where accuracy, security, privacy, and reliability carry real consequences. AikiTech works at the leading edge of applying these capabilities to public safety and education. An early-career engineer who joins us will gain direct experience turning new GenAI capabilities into production software that agencies can trust.

We have completed a SOC 2 Type II Audit, operate government-cloud environments in both AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure Government, maintain a CJIS-aligned security program, and hold third-party FERPA and COPPA certifications. Compliance is part of how we build, not a checklist added at the end.

Learn more at aikitech.ai.

The Role

This is an early-career position for someone with a strong graduate-level computer science foundation and zero to two years of professional software engineering experience. Your strongest experience may come from graduate coursework, research, internships, a teaching or research assistantship, open-source work, or substantial personal projects. Professional experience is welcome but not required.

You will work directly with current GenAI models, evaluation methods, retrieval, guardrails, cloud services, and production observability while learning from experienced engineers and progressively taking ownership of production components. This is not a research-only or prompt-writing position. You will write Python, build backend services, test system behavior, work with cloud infrastructure, diagnose failures, document your work, and learn how to build software for regulated public-sector environments.

What You Will Do

• Build, test, and maintain Python backend services, APIs, and data-processing pipelines.
• Contribute to LLM-powered applications on leading public-cloud platforms, including work involving prompt design, retrieval, structured outputs, guardrails, model evaluation, and observability.
• Create and maintain automated tests, evaluation datasets, and regression checks for accuracy, latency, reliability, and failure handling.
• Integrate commercial and open-weight models, embedding services, databases, and internal platform components.
• Assist with real-time and near-real-time audio, streaming transcription, call metadata, and event-driven processing.
• Contribute to cloud deployments across AWS and Microsoft Azure, including government-cloud environments, under the guidance of experienced engineers.
• Use Git, code review, CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and issue tracking as part of the normal development lifecycle.
• Follow secure-development practices involving least-privilege access, secrets management, data-retention controls, encryption, testing, and documented change management.
• Help prepare technical documentation and supporting evidence for SOC 2 and CJIS-alignment work.
• Investigate defects and production issues, explain what happened, and help implement durable fixes.
• Learn directly from agency requirements and help translate them into reliable software behavior.

Required Qualifications

• Master's or doctoral degree in Computer Science, completed before the employment start date.
• Zero to two years of professional software engineering experience. Relevant internships, research assistantships, and substantial graduate engineering projects are valued and may constitute a candidate's primary experience.
• Strong Python programming skills and a solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software-debugging fundamentals.
• At least one substantial software project that you can explain in depth, including the problem, architecture, code you personally wrote, testing approach, tradeoffs, and results. The project may come from coursework, research, an internship, open-source work, employment, or independent development.
• Practical exposure to LLM APIs or applied machine learning through coursework, research, internships, or projects.
• Experience building or consuming APIs and working with structured data.
• Familiarity with Git, automated testing, and collaborative software-development practices.
• Basic familiarity with at least one major public-cloud platform such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Preferred Experience

We do not expect an early-career candidate to have all of the following:

• A software engineering, machine learning, cloud, or data-engineering internship or research assistantship.
• A deployed backend or AI application that has been used by people other than the developer.
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, model evaluation, structured outputs, or AI safety and guardrails.
• Experience with containers, serverless computing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or cloud monitoring.
• Familiarity with FastAPI, Flask, SQL, vector databases, event-driven systems, or streaming data.
• Coursework or project experience involving cybersecurity, privacy engineering, distributed systems, natural-language processing, speech processing, or software testing.
• Interest or experience in government, public safety, emergency communications, education technology, or other regulated environments.

Location

This is an on-site position in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is intended for candidates who live in the Phoenix metropolitan area or are prepared to relocate before their start date.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary based on qualifications.
• Participation in AikiTech's stock compensation plan.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Access to a 401(k) plan.

Why AikiTech

Your work will not be confined to internal exercises or prototypes. You will learn by contributing to production AI systems used in consequential public-sector settings. You will receive meaningful technical responsibility, direct feedback from experienced engineers, and exposure to the full lifecycle of secure software: design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, compliance, and customer integration.