Senior Full Stack Developer (AI Infrastructure Team)
Fort Meade, MD - USA
Job Summary
Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our intel team. Join us in building the next generation of AI infrastructure that will power innovation across the customer organization. Were seeking a senior full-stack software engineer to support our AI infrastructure this role youll lead the development and operation of critical AI platform components with a focus on scalable inference services and the broader AI application role includes project leadership responsibilities and people care for a small integrated team
Responsibilities:
- Design implement and optimize infrastructure for AI model inference at scale.
- Lead the development and maintenance of production AI services and applications including retrieval augmented generation (RAG) autonomous agents and emerging technologies.
- Serve as technical lead for AI infrastructure initiatives coordinating work across integrated teams.
- Conduct regular one-on-ones and provide coaching feedback and support for assigned team members.
- Act as the team point of contact (POC) for contract administration functions.
- Navigate ambiguity and define solutions for complex underspecified systems and requirements.
- Establish new technicalpolicies standards and governance frameworks where gaps exist.
- Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams.
- Implement and oversee monitoring logging and observability solutions for AI services.
- Ensure high availability reliability performance and security of AI platform components.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
- TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
- 12 yrs. B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional place of B.S.
- Extensive experience designing building and operating large-scale production systems.
- Deep expertise in systems integration across diverse technologies and platforms.
- Hands-on experience with cloud engineering in AWS.
- Advanced proficiency with Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Experience implementing and scaling observability solutions (APM OpenTelemetry Grafana Prometheus.)
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence organizational change.
- Experience developing technical policies and governance frameworks.
- Excellent communication stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Ability to balance hands-on engineering with leadership and coordination responsibilities.
- Experience with AI inference serving technologies (vLLM LiteLLM etc.).
- Previous experience with agentic frameworks (LangChain).
- Knowledge of vector databases and embedding systems.
- Experience with high-performance computing or distributed systems.
- Track record of successfully driving technical and cultural change.
Perks and Benefits:
- 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave 3 Yay! days take off on your birthday11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belays volunteer program
- 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
- $5000 annual training/tuition
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- 100% company-funded HSA
- Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
- Dental coverage including orthodontia
- Up to $420000 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: $190000 to $240000
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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Belay Technologies provides leading-edge technology and engineering services to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We are a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in the Baltimore-Washington Area. We take the smartest approach, deliveri ... View more