Design, develop, and maintain distributed systems and microservices (hands-on coding role)
Build, integrate, and evolve intelligent agents and AI-enabled services using LLMs and automation frameworks
Define and implement patterns for agent orchestration, system interaction, and decision workflows
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code, automation, and “controls-as-code” practices
Partner closely with systems engineers and ISSEs to embed requirements and security into platform design and code
Establish development standards for GitHub-based collaboration, testing, and documentation
Mentor mid-level engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
Lead integration of CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, and ATO considerations into everyday development
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate mission and operational needs into scalable technical solutions
Contribute to an “everything as code” approach , expressing infrastructure, automation, agent behavior, workflows, and operational artifacts as version-controlled, testable code
Define and promote patterns for expressing intent, requirements, automation, and controls as code , enabling consistency, traceability, and automation across the development lifecycle
Requirements
Must have and maintain a Secret security clearance
BS degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Demonstrated experience designing and building complex or distributed systems
Strong hands-on experience developing backend services and microservices
Experience working with AI/ML systems, including LLM integration in production environments
Strong background in cloud-native architectures and Infrastructure as Code
Experience delivering software in secure, regulated, or compliance-driven environments
Ability to bridge software development, systems engineering, and security disciplines
Strong technical communication and leadership skills