Software Engineer II (TS/SCI) - Infra & AI Cloud

Bitwise; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 230,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitwise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Team and shape infrastructure powering mission-critical services in an AWS environment. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to build robust, government-aligned systems.

You will contribute to improving architecture, performance, and health metrics while ensuring secure, scalable developer workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a B.S. in a technical discipline, or 12+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Production-grade experience with Kubernetes and Rancher for infrastructure management
• Proficiency in Python for application development and automation scripting
• Moderate experience with Linux systems and development
• Knowledge of Git best practices and comprehensive experience with CI/CD methodologies
• Understanding of Cloud Systems Architecture design and principles
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch for log management and analytics
• Experience with AWS infrastructure design or relevant AWS certifications
• Experience with automated certificate management systems
• Kafka topic usage
• Prometheus/Grafana metrics tracking and dashboard usage

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform within a government-aligned AWS stack
• Create and optimize CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and automate testing across multiple environments
• Utilize Kubernetes and Rancher to manage containerized workloads and orchestrate infrastructure components
• Develop Python-based applications and tools to support agentic data processing and improve AI usage for other developers
• Collaborate with partner teams to gather requirements and deliver custom solutions that adhere to strict security and compliance protocols
• Execute automated agentic triage workflows, moving from initial issue discovery to logging and final code analysis delivery

Education

B.S. in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Rancher

Python

Linux

Git

CI/CD

Terraform

AWS

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Bitwise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Team and shape infrastructure powering mission-critical services in an AWS environment. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to build robust, government-aligned systems.

You will contribute to improving architecture, performance, and health metrics while ensuring secure, scalable developer workflows.