Junior Software Engineer

Salary: $70,000 - 190,000 per year Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Three years of experience and a bachelors degree in a technical discipline, or four additional years of experience in place of the degree.
• Proficiency in Python, including JSON handling, REST API integration, and data manipulation.
• Experience using APIs to retrieve data through queries.
• Understanding of AI development concepts, including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool or function calling.
• Familiarity with Git and Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Familiarity with presenting data analysis results to customers.
• Preferred: Experience with agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration; knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems; cybersecurity experience or understanding of security operations workflows; GitLab CI/CD automation; experience with retrieval systems such as RAG, vector databases, or semantic search; familiarity with production CNO capabilities and operations; practical experience in AI domains such as intelligent systems, autonomy, planning, or LLMs; and familiarity with cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes.

• Develop production agentic integrations in Python using multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources.
• Build tools and agentic workflows with frameworks such as PydanticAI, LangGraph, and DeepAgents.
• Engage with mission stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions.
• Examine customer data types to identify and extract relevant information.
• Work with software engineers to test workflows, identify issues, and recommend fixes.
• Integrate data sources and external APIs with MCP tools to support scalable interoperability.
• Work under senior engineers guidance to help ensure AI tools are stable, reliable, and integrated with the customers existing toolset, supporting analysts and operators in CNO workflows.

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Atlassian
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Confluence
• Docker
• Git
• GitLab
• Support
• JIRA
• JSON
• Kubernetes
• MCP
• Python
• RAG
• REST
• Security
• Web

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We are Belay Technologies, a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Columbia, Maryland, in the Baltimore/Washington area. We specialize in systems automation and full-stack development, delivering technology and engineering solutions to the Department of Defense and developing commercial products. We are hiring a Software Engineer I focused on AI. Our salary range is $70,000–$190,000, with final compensation influenced by location, contract labor categories and wage rates, experience, education, skills, and certifications. We offer a flexible work-life balance and career development, along with benefits including paid leave and holidays, 401(k) matching, annual training or tuition support, student loan repayment, company-funded HSA and life insurance, medical and dental coverage, and additional wellness and team perks. We have been recognized by the Baltimore Business Journal as a Best Place to Work finalist and runner-up. We are an equal opportunity employer.

last updated 42 week of 2026