Junior Software Engineer - Rust and Python

Who is Blueprint? 

We are a technology solutions firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with a strong presence across the United States. Unified by a shared passion for solving complicated problems, our people are our greatest asset. We use technology as a tool to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, powered by the knowledge, skills, and the expertise of our teams, who all have unique perspectives and years of experience across multiple industries. We’re bold, smart, agile, and fun. 

What does Blueprint do? 

Blueprint helps organizations unlock value from existing assets by leveraging cutting-edge technology to create additional revenue streams and new lines of business. We connect strategy, business solutions, products, and services to transform and grow companies. 

Why Blueprint? 

At Blueprint, we believe in the power of possibility and are passionate about bringing it to life. Whether you join our bustling product division, our multifaceted services team or you want to grow your career in human resources, your ability to make an impact is amplified when you join one of our teams. You’ll focus on solving unique business problems while gaining hands-on experience with the world’s best technology. We believe in unique perspectives and build teams of people with diverse skillsets and backgrounds. At Blueprint, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients and teams, such as data science and product development, all while learning, growing, and developing new solutions. We guarantee you won’t find a better place to work and thrive than at Blueprint. 

In this role, you will work on a research-driven systems engineering team designing a lightweight, cloud-native operating system tailored for specialized use cases in large-scale cloud environments. You will operate at the intersection of low-level systems programming and modern AI-assisted developer tooling, helping make contributions to a complex open-source codebase easier, higher quality, and more scalable.

You will collaborate closely with researchers, systems engineers, and product teams to integrate AI-powered automation into everyday development workflows. The role blends independent software engineering work with active participation in design discussions, code reviews, and open-source collaboration across geographically distributed teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-assisted automation across multiple repositories, including automated code review, intelligent testing, and documentation generation

• Enhance developer productivity and experience by creating GitHub Copilot instructions, enforcing coding standards, and building automated onboarding tools

• Improve CI/CD pipelines with AI-driven test selection, failure analysis, and performance regression detection

• Develop tooling and automation to maintain consistency across a growing ecosystem of system libraries, daemons, and developer tools

• Build automation to keep documentation synchronized with code changes using AI-assisted generation and validation

• Create community tooling such as bots for issue triage, pull-request management, and reviewer suggestions

• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to evaluate and adopt state-of-the-art software engineering and systems design techniques

• Contribute directly to a large, open-source codebase through pull requests, reviews, and design discussions

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience

• At least 1 year of experience with Rust and Python development

• Experience working with GitHub, including pull requests, code reviews, and repository collaboration

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and automation (GitHub Actions, Bash, Python)

• Understanding of the full software development lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, and deployment

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently in a distributed, open-source environment

• Basic knowledge of operating systems concepts and low-level programming

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects

• Strong background or interest in systems programming

• Familiarity with C/C++ in addition to Rust and Python

• Experience with static analysis tools, linters, and code quality frameworks

• Experience building developer tooling or improving developer workflows

• Familiarity with AI/ML-based code assistance tools (e.g., code completion, automated review, or LLM-based tooling)

• Active GitHub profile demonstrating recent contributions to distributed software projects

Salary Range 

At Blueprint, we strive to offer competitive pay that reflects the value of our team members. Compensation for this role is influenced by a variety of factors, including skills, education, responsibilities, experience, and geographic market. For candidates based in Washington State, the anticipated salary range is $30.06 to $31.25 USD per hour. Please note that we typically do not hire new employees at the top of the posted range. Actual starting pay will be determined based on experience, skills, and internal equity. The final salary and job title may vary depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications and could fall outside the stated range.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law. 

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please reach out to: [email protected] 

Blueprint believe in the importance of a healthy and happy team, which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account 
• 401k program 
• Competitive PTO offerings 
• Parental Leave 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development 

Location: Remote