Senior Software Engineer – AI, Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Utilize agentic AI throughout the software development lifecycle for essential projects at the United States Postal Service.

• Operate within a distinctive environment and technology stack.

• Introduce new features and enhance the reliability of fundamental services.

• Assist with customer intake, application evaluation, and the flow of information in read/write paths.

• Recognize system bottlenecks and flaws within business logic.

• Collaborate with the team to resolve technical challenges.

• Take ownership of product issues and develop effective solutions.

• Leverage data to illustrate the impact of solutions.

• Work independently across the technology stack.

• Mentor junior developers and foster technical growth within the team.

• Effectively communicate technical decisions and trade-offs.

• Participate in modernization initiatives, architectural discussions, and system design.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

• Over 4 years of practical experience in AI software development.

• Proven history of delivering impactful, production-ready software solutions with varying degrees of complexity.

• Experience in designing and implementing components for distributed systems, including storage, caching, and application layers.

• Practical experience with microservice architectures and exposure to high-throughput systems.

• Familiarity with system transformation patterns and modernization efforts.

• Strong proficiency in Java programming.

• Understanding of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, and service integration patterns.

• Working knowledge of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles.

• Capacity to contribute to architectural discussions and system design.

• Demonstrated ownership of identifying problems and formulating solutions.

• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to team members and stakeholders.

• Experience in mentoring peers or junior developers.

• Willingness to advocate for sound engineering practices.

• Proven ability to learn and adapt to new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies.

• Demonstrated use of AI and automation tools to improve productivity and engineering outcomes.

• Comfort with ambiguity and new problem domains.

• Capability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• Must successfully complete a government background screening process, which includes detailed forms and fingerprinting.

• U.S. residency requirement: selected candidates must have resided in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the required timeframe; citizens must not have been absent for longer than six consecutive months in the last three years, and non-U.S. citizens must not have been absent for over 90 consecutive days in the last three years.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, including some that offer Health Savings Accounts.

• Options for dental coverage.

• Vision plan availability.

• 401(k) plan featuring pre-tax and post-tax contributions along with company matching.

• Flexible work weeks.

• Paid leave for vacation, sick days, personal time, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement, and jury duty.

• Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year.

• 10 paid holidays annually.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave available in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• AI-driven career tool to identify career progression and learning opportunities.

• Support for internal mobility.

• Wellness packages available.

• An award-winning culture that promotes innovation and a military-friendly workplace.