Lead a small software engineering team supporting intelligence workflows. Build and maintain full-stack web applications, automate workflows, develop agentic AI tools, integrate data across agency elements, and support highside services. Engage directly with customers, leadership, analysts, and developers to understand mission needs, gather feedback, implement solutions, and deliver analytic and workflow support. Responsibilities also include relational database work, pipeline data processing, and cross-domain solution development.
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Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our intel team. You will be supporting IIA SWAT as the lead for a small team, working with a combined set of data from different elements throughout the agency, and building agentic tools to assist in gathering and curating information packages. You will work directly with the customer, learning their workflows, and seeing the results of your work firsthand. Your day to day will consist of direct customer interaction with leadership, analysts, and other developers, implementation of solutions to support mission needs, and participation in a team of teams working towards similar solutions for separate customers.
Responsibilities:
- Provide expertise on a diverse set of existing highside services.
- Expand on existing workflow automation efforts.
- Discover new opportunities to introduce agentic AI.
- Develop and maintain web apps to provide analytic and workflow support.
- Emphasize customer communication and gather feedback on project status and results.
Candidates should have the following qualifications:
- TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
- 12 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.
Candidates should have the following skill requirements:
- Extensive experience with full stack development with an emphasis on AI workflows.
- Experience with customer cross-domain solutions.
- Experience soliciting and applying feedback.
- Experience with AI assisted development.
- Experience programming in JavaScript and python.
- Experience working with corporate services in the highside environment.
- Leadership experience.
- Prior experience in TAO.
- Experience with relational databases.
Candidates are desired to have the following skills:
- Development experience in a Linux environment.
- Prior experience in TAO.
- Experience with relational databases.
- Experience with pipeline data processing.
Perks and 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!
At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.
Salary Range: $190,000 to $240,000
Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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