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Belay Technologies · 13 hours ago

Junior Software Engineer

Laurel, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$70K/yr - $190K/yr

3+ years exp

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland, specializing in systems automation and full stack development. They are seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join their intel team, focusing on building and maintaining AI infrastructure that supports various AI-enabled applications.

Information TechnologyProfessional NetworkingSoftwareVirtualization

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Implement and support infrastructure for AI model inference under the guidance of senior engineers

Contribute to the development and maintenance of production AI services and applications, including retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and autonomous agents

Participate in implementing monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services

Assist with automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration using IaC principles

Help ensure availability, reliability, and performance of AI platform components

Follow established security best practices for AI systems and data

Work within ambiguous problem spaces while learning to define structured solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to shared engineering standards

Qualification

PythonAWSKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesDevOps practicesProduction systemsLearn unfamiliar technologiesHigh-volume web applicationsAI inference technologiesAgentic frameworksVector databasesDistributed systemsCommunication

Required

TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph

3 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S

Experience contributing to production systems

Familiarity with high-volume web application architectures

Exposure to cloud engineering, preferably AWS

Working knowledge of Kubernetes concepts and containerized deployments

Proficiency in Python

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly

Strong communication skills and willingness to ask questions

Preferred

Exposure to AI inference serving technologies (vLLM, LiteLLM, etc.)

Familiarity with agentic frameworks (LangChain)

Awareness of vector databases and embedding systems

Interest in distributed systems or performance engineering

Benefits

8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program

10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one

$5,000 annual training/tuition

Student Loan Repayment Program

100% company-funded HSA

Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)

Dental coverage including orthodontia

Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded

Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes

Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!