The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will lead AI infrastructure development, oversee production services, manage a team, and ensure high availability of AI applications.
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Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!
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. We’re seeking a senior full-stack software engineer to support our AI infrastructure team. In this role, you’ll lead the development and operation of critical AI platform components, with a focus on scalable inference services and the broader AI application ecosystem. This role includes project leadership responsibilities and people care for a small, integrated team
Responsibilities:
Perks and Benefits:
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.
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. We’re seeking a senior full-stack software engineer to support our AI infrastructure team. In this role, you’ll lead the development and operation of critical AI platform components, with a focus on scalable inference services and the broader AI application ecosystem. This 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 yrs. in 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.
Nice to Haves:
- 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 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.
Skills Required
- TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
- 12 years of experience or a B.S. in a technical discipline and 4 additional years in place of a 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
- 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
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The Company
What We Do
Belay Technologies, Inc. is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in the Baltimore-Washington area providing technology and engineering services to the Department of Defense (DoD) and expanding into the commercial market. Belay Technologies specializes in technical IT services including; software development, virtualization, systems administration, networking, and testing. Belay continues to expand, and we are always seeking top talent. Belay is more than just a company.....It's a culture. With our work hard, play hard edge and a family-like feel, our employees feel at home with Belay. We are a laid back, fun, innovative team that gets together monthly for lunches, enjoys company parties, bbq's and fun adventures together, and joins in volunteer and charity events as a socially aware company.
