Full Stack Software Engineer (AWS Certification Required)

Visionist, Inc.

$135K — $206K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph required
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 6 years of software development experience
  • AWS Professional Certification
  • Strong background in systems integration across diverse technologies
  • Proficiency in Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns
  • Strong Python programming skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement infrastructure for scalable AI model inference
  • Develop and maintain production AI services and applications
  • Define technical solutions for ambiguous requirements
  • Drive adoption of new technologies and best practices
  • Implement monitoring and observability solutions
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC principles
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance

Benefits

  • 100% employee-owned company offering shared success
  • 15% competitive retirement contribution (5% 401k match & 10% ESOP)
  • Generous leave policies: 4 weeks PTO, 12 paid holidays, comp time, and flexible hours
  • 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 upon returning
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for individuals and families
  • Annual $600 lifestyle bonus for health, tech, or HSA expenses
  • Regular merit increases and performance-based bonuses
Full Job Description
Description

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.

Visionist has an exciting new opportunity for a Full Stack Software Engineer. You will be joining a critical mission supporting our customers big data processing platforms. The analytics developed and deployed in these ecosystems are critical to ensuring that the data flowing through the agency can be leveraged by analysts to perform mission critical reporting and decision making. You will be working with the newest technology and methodologies for processing mass amounts of data and distilling them into actionable results. If you like this type of work environment, then this is for you!

Your contributions are...
- Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure to support AI model inference at scale
- Support the development and ongoing maintenance of production AI services and applications, including retrieval augmented generation (RAG), autonomous agents, and emerging technologies
- Navigate ambiguous and evolving requirements to define scalable, well-structured technical solutions
- Drive adoption of new technologies, tools, and best practices across engineering teams
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for AI services
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
- Ensure the availability, reliability, performance, and scalability of AI platform components
- Contribute to and uphold security best practices for AI systems and data
- Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers

Requirements for your new career...
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 2 years of experience may substitute degree)
- 6 years of experience in software development

- One of the following certifications:

  • AWS Certified Developer --- Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning --- Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning --- Specialty
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Proven experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
- Experience designing and optimizing high-volume web application architectures
- Strong background in systems integration across diverse technologies and platforms
- Hands-on experience with cloud engineering, preferably AWS
- Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and common deployment patterns
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience implementing observability solutions such as APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence across teams or organizations
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and create structure where needed
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career
- We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
- Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
- 4 weeks paid time off that is never "use or lose", 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
- 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
- Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
- Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 - use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
- Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
- Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability

Salary range: $135,000 - $206,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.

Not a good fit? Check out our other opportunities: https://jobs.jobvite.com/visionist

Next steps: Apply online and one of our recruiters will reach out to you. We have a streamlined process of phone screen with a recruiter, interview with a Visionist team at our HQ in Columbia, MD, and that is all!

Interested in learning more about Visionist and the work we do? Check out our website! https://www.visionistinc.com/what-we-do

U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance.

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