Senior Software Engineer, IT Software Engineering

Ascensus • Lake Mary, PA

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About The Position

As a Software Engineer in the Ascensus AI Program, you will help turn modern LLM capabilities into reliable, observable, production-grade software used by real business teams every day. This is a mid-level software engineering role for someone who is strong in core engineering fundamentals and excited to build practical AI-powered systems.

Requirements

• 3-7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Computer Information Systems, Business Information Systems, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with one or more modern programming languages, such as: Python JavaScript / TypeScript SQL Similar modern development platforms
• Experience building production applications, APIs, integrations, backend services, workflow logic, or similar software components.
• Familiarity with LLM-powered systems, such as: RAG Chatbots Agent workflows Tool use Prompt engineering AI-enabled application development
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including: Clean code Source control Unit testing CI/CD Refactoring Design patterns Maintainability
• Working experience with SQL for data inspection, analysis, troubleshooting, or integration.
• Ability to read application logs, traces, and telemetry to investigate issues and identify root causes.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Curiosity, ownership, and the ability to learn new technologies quickly.

Nice To Haves

• Building or contributing to AI/LLM-based systems
• RAG pipelines
• Chatbots or conversational AI products
• Agentic applications
• Prompt strategies
• Tool-calling workflows
• Agent orchestration
• Durable workflows or platforms such as Temporal
• Model Context Protocol, function calling, or enterprise tool integrations
• REST APIs, service-oriented architectures, or event-driven systems
• Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Azure DevOps, or related Microsoft cloud tools
• Salesforce or other enterprise platforms
• Observability tools such as Langfuse , New Relic, OpenTelemetry , or similar platforms
• AI-powered development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools
• Technical documentation, diagrams, decision records, or design notes
• Working with quality engineers, SDETs, operations engineers, support teams, and product owners

Responsibilities

• AI-powered applications and agents
• Retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, pipelines
• Agent workflows and orchestration
• Prompt strategies and tool integrations
• Secure integrations with enterprise systems
• Observability, testing, and production reliability
• AI-assisted software development using tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar platforms

What This Job Offers

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