Software Engineer – Platform

Bitwise • Laurel, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We're building the next generation of AI infrastructure that will power innovation across the customer organization. We're seeking a software engineer to support our Platform team, which owns the AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture that every AI capability in the organization runs on. In this role, you'll help build and maintain the foundation for customer AI capabilities while supporting a broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications. Your focus will be deploying and maintaining reliable, secure infrastructure that the rest of our AI services depend on. Requirements shift quickly as mission needs evolve and new technologies emerge, so you'll keep sharpening your skills and learning to turn loosely defined problems into working solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field, OR a B.S. in a technical discipline plus 4 additional years of relevant experience
• Proficiency with Python or another modern programming language
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud service providers
• Understanding of containerization concepts and tooling such as Docker
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to ask questions
• Active TS//SCI clearance with polygraph

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, Terraform, and IAM
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize
• Experience with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks
• Experience with the Elastic Stack (Kibana), Grafana/Prometheus, or other observability tools and practices
• Experience with certificate management
• Experience supporting cloud-native architecture or maintaining production software and infrastructure
• Familiarity with LLMs and AI hosting concepts

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting the organization's AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable, reliable deployments
• Configure and use observability tooling to monitor the health and performance of production services
• Support certificate management and follow established security best practices for AI systems and data
• Collaborate with other teams in the organization to provision and configure the infrastructure their services depend on
• Diagnose and help resolve production infrastructure issues

Benefits

• Pick your PTO — Everyone values time and money differently, so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay.
• All 11 federal holidays, paid!
• Up to 2 snow days, paid!
• We'll quadruple (4x!) the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k), giving you up to a 24% company match. Contributing less than 6%? Unclaimed matches come right back to you as extra income, giving you a guaranteed 24% that goes to your retirement, to your paycheck, or both.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances.
• $5,250 annual education assistance for training, certifications, tuition, and even student loan repayments.
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and just about anything else that makes us go "Hot damn!".
• Flex income

What This Job Offers

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