Junior Software Engineer – Platform

Software Engineer

We're seeking a software engineer to support our Platform team at Columbia, MD, which owns the AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture that every AI capability in the organization runs on.

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.
  
  

Required Skills

• 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 Have

• 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.
  
  

Experience Required: 3 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or 7 additional years without degree

Location: Columbia, MD

Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required

Salary Range: $138,000 - $163,000