Junior Product Engineer | Software Engineer I

DefenseStorm is seeking a Junior Product Engineer to help shape and deliver features for the GRID platform through specification-driven, agentic development. The role involves defining requirements, directing AI agents, reviewing generated implementations, validating results, and ensuring delivered solutions address customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and customer-facing teams to shape the right outcomes
• Define clear problem statements, requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation constraints
• Break initiatives into small, independently deliverable increments for agent execution
• Direct AI agents through iterative development workflows
• Review generated implementations for correctness, maintainability, security, and alignment with the specification
• Validate results through tests, demonstrations, and customer-focused evaluation
• Diagnose failures to improve context, specifications, and the agent harness
• Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field
• ​​​​​​​0-4 years of experience building and maintaining production software systems
• An AI-native mindset and genuine interest in building software through agentic workflows
• Strong ability to turn ambiguous problems into precise specifications and measurable acceptance criteria
• Proficiency with software engineering so you can evaluate agent-produced architecture, data flow, tests, edge cases, and security
• Comfort iterating quickly, learning from failures, and improving instructions based on results
• A high standard for reviewing and validating work rather than accepting generated output at face value
• Clear communication, sound judgment, ownership, and a collaborative mindset