Junior Software Engineer

Belay Technologies•Fort Meade, MD

14d•$70,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Belay Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer to join their intel team. The role involves building and maintaining the next generation of AI infrastructure, focusing on AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture for AI capabilities. The engineer will support the Platform team, which manages the foundation for customer AI capabilities and a broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications. The position requires deploying and maintaining reliable, secure infrastructure, adapting to evolving requirements, and transforming loosely defined problems into working solutions.

Requirements

TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
3 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.
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

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

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!