Software Engineer (SWE), Level 1

Bitwise • Columbia, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer to help build and advance a cutting-edge agentic platform designed to power intelligent, autonomous workflows. This is a hands-on development role at the forefront of AI-driven systems — you'll be shaping how agents operate, learn, and deliver impact in some of the most complex operational environments around. In this role, you'll integrate diverse data sources and external APIs using MCP tools to enable seamless, scalable system interoperability. You'll work directly alongside cyber analysts to translate real operational challenges into effective technical solutions, and you'll develop with agentic primitives — skills, prompts, and subagents — to build adaptive, context-aware capabilities that make a measurable difference in mission outcomes. This position is located in Columbia, MD.

Requirements

• An active TS//SCI clearance with polygraph is required for this role
• Strong Python proficiency and hands-on software development experience
• Experience building and maintaining production applications that service hundreds to thousands of users
• A solid understanding of AI development concepts, including prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and tool/function calling
• Experience developing resilient, scalable stream processing applications using modern messaging and event-streaming platforms
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation
• A minimum of 3 years of experience with a B.S. in a technical discipline, or 7 years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience with agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration
• Background in cybersecurity or familiarity with security operations workflows
• Experience managing deployments in AWS Cloud with Kubernetes GitLab CI/CD automation
• Experience with retrieval systems (RAG, vector databases, semantic search)
• Experience analyzing cybersecurity-related datasets such as network traffic and OS events
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations

Responsibilities

• Develop agentic integrations with Python that leverage multiple AI models, APIs, and data sources in production
• Build tools and agentic workflows within modern frameworks such as PydanticAI, Langgraph, and DeepAgents
• Work directly with key stakeholders and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities
• Design and implement real-time analytics pipelines in Python leveraging Apache Kafka for stream processing and Elasticsearch for indexing and querying
• Maintain and troubleshoot a production-grade agentic platform

Benefits

• Top salaries because we're top performers
• 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. Your choice, your balance.
• 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. C'mon now!
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances. That's a lot. Already covered on health insurance? No problem — we'll trade you this benefit for a boost to your salary instead.
• $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!". We hope to say that many times about you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees