Junior Software Engineer

Belay TechnologiesLaurel, MD
4d$70,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021! Belay Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer to join our intel team. Join us in building the next generation of AI infrastructure that will power innovation across the customer organization. We're seeking a full-stack software engineer to support our AI Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll help build and maintain the platform that provides the foundation for the customer's AI capabilities, with a focus on inference services while supporting a broader ecosystem f AI-enabled applications.

Requirements

  • 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

Nice To Haves

  • 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

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

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!
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