Junior Software Engineer

Software Engineering Fort Meade, MD
Salary: USD 100000 - 160000 Annually


Description

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required. 
 
Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for a Junior Software Engineer on our largest PRIME contract. Our team of Analysts and Engineers is motivated by the direct impact on the mission, crafting specialized tools for enhanced efficiency and quick iterations for our operations user base. Seeing your tools in real-time action brings immediate gratification. This premier program encompasses traditional software services including Systems Design and Engineering, Database Administration, Data Science and Knowledge Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Integration and Test, as well as Operations and Systems Support. The program is characterized by innovation and excitement, fostering meaningful engagements, and offering distinctive collaboration opportunities with users, policy makers, and mission leadership, all while maintaining a service mindset. If you thrive in a collaborative work environment and enjoy utilizing a diverse tech stack, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you!
 
For over 13 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning.  If you'd like to join a collaborative group supporting mission critical tasking in a cleared environment, then Visionist is the place for you. Learn more about us at www.visionistinc.com.  
 
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Your contributions are… 
  - Respond to software shortcomings through observation of the tool in real-time usage
  - Gather requirements and rapidly develop new prototype tools/solutions that help customers do their jobs more efficiently
  - Understand the mission, collaborate with team members, gather user requirements, and automate workflows
  - Identify opportunities to leverage existing capabilities for our customer and successfully communicate and integrate with those teams to apply them to this new mission. 
  - Implement features effectively across multiple code bases
  - Establish customer rapport, communication cadence, means of prioritization, and effectively capture and make visible your impact on the mission
  - Hone an effective, easy-to-use LLM and RAG experience that will be used by the immediate CNMF customer and many others
 
Requirements for your new career…
  - Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
  - 3 years of experience in software development
  - Experience building user interfaces (particularly with React and Next.JS, but knowledge of any modern UI library is highly valued)
  - Comfort with basic computer administration including software installation, system configuration, and networking, as well as comfort with git and automated build pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, etc.)
  - Knowledge of modern middleware frameworks (comfort using something along the lines of Express, Flask, Spring, FastAPI, etc.)
  - Passion for user experience and maintaining quality as your user base grows
  - Excellent communication skills, motivated first and foremost by mission impact and seeing what you build be used

Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your new career - Visionist, Inc. (visionistinc.com)
  - We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
  - 10% ESOP contribution + 5% 401K match + 8% employee 401K contribution = 23% combined annual contributions
  - 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
  - 40 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $5,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
  - Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,030/year)
  - Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
  - Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
  - Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability 

Salary range: $100,000 - $160,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process.
 
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Not a good fit? Check out our other opportunities: https://jobs.jobvite.com/visionist
 
Next steps: Apply online and one of our recruiters will reach out to you. We have a streamlined process of phone screen with a recruiter, interview with a Visionist team at our HQ in Columbia, MD, and that is all!
 
Interested in learning more about Visionist and the work we do? Check out our website! https://www.visionistinc.com/what-we-do
 
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U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance. 
 
Visionist, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities employer.