Junior Software Engineer
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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
