Software Developer

Dezign Concepts LLC

Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in UI/UX design, particularly with product-grade applications.
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, including schema design and relevance tuning.
  • Strong grasp of hybrid search methodologies, specifically BM25 and vector search.
  • Expertise in creating end-to-end data processing pipelines integrating search and LLM technologies.
  • Proven ability to lead architectural decisions around AI systems and search solutions.
  • Experience in mentoring engineers within the search and LLM technology space.

Responsibilities

  • Design innovative user interfaces based on user analysis and market requirements.
  • Create conceptual models, workflows, and UI specifications.
  • Ensure adherence to UI guidelines throughout product development.
  • Conduct usability tests to enhance product design.
  • Collaborate effectively within a cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and holidays to ensure work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development including tuition assistance.
  • 401K plan options and performance-related bonus opportunities.
Full Job Description


Position Snapshot

JOB CODE



SALARY

Up to $190K

CLEARANCE

Active Top Secret with Poly Required
Make Mission-Critical Technology Easier to Use

Join a mixed-skills team providing project management, data science, User Interface (UI) design, User Experience (UX) research, and Software Engineering support to develop capabilities using Python scripts and packages, web-based applications, and automated workflows on a cloud environment to enable analysts to analyze and extract insights from massive data stores.

The right candidate combines thoughtful interface design with the technical depth to help shape scalable retrieval and LLM-integrated solutions.
What You Will Do
  • Develop innovative user-interface designs in response to marketing requirements, user analyses, product innovation, technology, and business needs.
  • Develop conceptual models, workflows, design prototypes, and user-interface specifications.
  • Ensure user-interface guidelines and standards are followed during product development and maintenance.
  • Conduct or participate in product usability tests.
  • Communicate and work effectively with cross-functional team members.
Which Candidate Profile Sounds Like You?

TIER 1
Ideal Candidate
  • Has designed and implemented production-grade RAG systems-not just prototypes or demos.
  • Deep hands-on Elasticsearch experience, including relevance tuning, schema design, and scaling strategies.
  • Strong understanding of hybrid search (BM25 + vector search) and when to use each.
  • Experience building end-to-end pipelines: data ingestion 14 chunking 14 embeddings 14 retrieval 14 LLM integration.
  • Comfortable making architectural decisions and leading technical direction for search + AI systems.
  • Experience mentoring or upskilling engineers in search or LLM technologies.

TIER 2
Acceptable Candidate
  • Has partial or adjacent experience with RAG, LLM integrations, or semantic search.
  • Solid experience with Elasticsearch or similar search platforms, but may lack deep optimization experience.
  • Strong React + Node/Express background with the ability to quickly ramp into the search/AI domain.
  • Has worked on APIs or systems that integrate external AI/ML services.
  • Demonstrates strong learning ability and can become a team multiplier with guidance.
Technologies and Capabilities

React Node.js Express Elasticsearch RAG Vector Search BM25 LLM Integration Embeddings UX/UI Design Usability Testing
Do Not Rule Yourself Out

Candidates do not need to meet every Tier 1 qualification to be considered. We welcome experienced search and AI leaders as well as strong full-stack engineers who have the technical foundation and learning agility to grow into this domain.
Benefits Designed Around You
Health & WellnessMedical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account and more.Life & CommunityPaid Time Off, Holidays, Social Events, Employee Assistance Program and Team Building.Growth & Rewards401K, Tuition Assistance, Annual and Referral Bonuses.Ready to Build What Comes Next?

Bring your UI/UX instincts, search expertise, and AI engineering experience to a team supporting meaningful missions.
APPLY NOWDezign Concepts, LLC
Main Number: 1-888-663-2690 | [email protected] | www.dezign-concepts.com
Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph is required for this opportunity.

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