Entry Level Software Engineer

Salary: $75,000 - 95,000 per year Requirements:

• Hands-on coding experience through coursework, personal projects, or internships.
• Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, and web or backend development.
• Ability to learn quickly and contribute within an Agile team.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to pass a coding challenge, background check, and drug screening.
• Preferred: Projects demonstrating AI-assisted development, such as AI-generated tests or AI-supported refactoring.
• Preferred: Experience with cloud services, databases, or CI/CD.
• Preferred: Interest in security, privacy, and sensitive-data handling.

• Promote AI-assisted DevSecOps practices, using language models and automation to accelerate secure containerization of legacy applications while maintaining security compliance.
• Develop and maintain AI-enhanced CI/CD pipelines that generate security policies, container configurations, and infrastructure-as-code templates based on application requirements and best practices.
• Use AI coding assistants for implementation, refactoring, and documentation in accordance with team guidelines.
• Generate unit and integration tests, improve test coverage, and reduce defects.
• Support faster pull requests through AI-assisted reviews, summaries, and risk notes.
• Use AI to query logs and documentation, troubleshoot issues, and unblock work.
• Collaborate with product, design, security, and compliance teams to deliver production-ready increments.
• Develop software using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and APIs across the software development lifecycle, including concept, design, testing, and delivery of high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems.
• Participate in technical solution and design discussions.
• Carry out proofs of concept and develop comprehensive solutions throughout the development lifecycle.
• Add features and improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability to meet client needs.

• AI
• AWS
• Backend
• Business Intelligence
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Copilot
• Cursor
• DevSecOps
• Docker
• GCP
• GitHub
• Support
• Java
• Machine Learning
• Python
• REST
• React
• SQL
• Security
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Web
• Windsurf
• gRPC
• microservices
• NodeJS
• API

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We are Smoothstack, a technology-focused company delivering talent across full-stack engineering, cloud, DevSecOps, networking, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, business intelligence, data science, and machine learning. We hire entry-level engineers, provide paid on-the-job training in realistic client environments, and deploy them to a client engineering team. The role may involve Java or Python, Spring Boot or Node, REST and gRPC, React, SQL, GitHub, CI/CD, Docker, AWS or GCP, and AI tools such as LangChain, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, code review assistants, test generators, and documentation copilots. Compensation is $75,000–$95,000 per year. Training includes a biweekly stipend and benefits; other benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, disability, life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) and matching, an employee assistance program, paid holidays and time off, professional development, certifications, referral and relocation assistance, and a collaborative, inclusive culture. The position is remote. We are an equal opportunity employer.

last updated 40 week of 2026