Junior Full Stack Software Engineer (AWS Certification Required)

Visionist, Inc.

• $115K — $159K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or 4 years of relevant experience
  • 3 years of experience in software development
  • AWS Professional Certification
  • Experience with production systems and high-volume web application architectures
  • Familiarity with cloud engineering and Kubernetes
  • Proficiency in Python and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

  • Implement and support infrastructure for AI model inference
  • Contribute to the development of AI services, including retrieval-augmented generation
  • Participate in monitoring and observability for AI services
  • Assist with automating infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Ensure reliability and performance of AI platform components
  • Follow established security practices for AI systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish engineering standards

Benefits

  • 100% employee-owned company with a stake in success
  • Competitive 15% retirement contribution including 401K match and ESOP
  • 4 weeks paid time off plus 12 holidays and flexible work hours
  • 80 hours of paid parental leave with supplemental payment
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Annual lifestyle bonus for health or technology purchases
  • Opportunities for 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 Junior 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...
- Implement and support infrastructure for AI model inference under the guidance of senior engineers
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of production AI services and applications, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and autonomous agents
- Participate in implementing monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services
- Assist with automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
- Help ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of AI platform components
- Follow established security best practices for AI systems and data
- Work effectively in ambiguous problem spaces, learning to define structured and scalable solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to shared engineering standards

Requirements for your new career...
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 2 years of experience may substitute degree)
- 3 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)
- Experience contributing to production systems
- Familiarity with high-volume web application architectures
- Exposure to cloud engineering, preferably AWS
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes concepts and containerized deployments
- Proficiency in Python
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt in fast-moving environments
- Strong communication skills and a willingness to ask questions and collaborate

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: $115,000 - $159,000
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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