Junior Software Engineer

Striveworks • Austin, TX

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

The government’s demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production, despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing, but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops, trust goes with it. Striveworks was built to solve that problem. Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases—providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will be a core contributor to the direction of the company. We’re looking for engineers with a product mindset who are eager to write quality software, solve meaningful problems, and grow their technical skills within an experienced engineering team. We’re looking for people who are excited about our central development themes: Everything as Code, Cloud-neutral development, User-centric design, Hexagonal, event-driven, microservices architecture, and Optimizing, deploying, and refining AI models and algorithms.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or completion of a software development boot camp and 0–2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong programming fundamentals and proficiency in Python, Go, or another general-purpose programming language.
• Knowledge of standard tooling: CI/CD tools, Git, and exposure to Docker or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity of database design and architecture: relational and non-relational.
• Familiarity with cloud architecture concepts.
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and an eagerness to learn.
• US citizenship and eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (Secret or above).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated software development through personal, academic, or open source projects.
• Experience with Go and/or Python beyond coursework or introductory projects.
• Familiarity with synchronous/asynchronous programming and concurrency.
• Comfort with integrating deep learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Experience designing or consuming RESTful, gRPC, and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Understanding of networked and distributed computing.
• Knowledge of messaging systems (e.g., NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience using SQL and working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Experience with workflow automation.
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Be a core contributor to the direction of the company.
• Write quality software.
• Solve meaningful problems.
• Grow technical skills within an experienced engineering team.
• Work with central development themes: Everything as Code, Cloud-neutral development, User-centric design, Hexagonal, event-driven, microservices architecture, and Optimizing, deploying, and refining AI models and algorithms.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Equity grants
• Cash bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level