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. Responsibilities:

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. Technologies:

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 More: 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