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AI Application Engineer
Simple Technology Solutions
Washington, USA
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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Education and Experience:
- Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience in addition to the minimum below
- Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience building production web or cloud applications, including at least 2 years building applications on large language model APIs
- Demonstrated experience delivering with test-driven development and continuous integration on a team, and shipping to AWS
- Experience using AI coding assistants or agentic coding tools in daily work, ideally including authoring reusable prompts, agents, or skills for others
- Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript, including modern frameworks for APIs and web front ends
- Working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation design, vector stores, embeddings, prompt engineering, and evaluation of LLM outputs
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock and core AWS application services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, CloudWatch)
- Fluency with Git and GitHub pull-request workflows, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to read Terraform and understand how application code is deployed across DEV, TST, STG, and PRD
- Pragmatic builder who prefers small, shippable increments over large, perfect ones
- Takes requirements seriously and pushes back constructively when a use case or spec is unclear
- Self-directed and comfortable owning outcomes on a small, senior team where everyone contributes across the lifecycle
- Curious and current on AI tooling; treats AI assistants as part of the team and holds their output to the same standard as human work
- Clear, candid communicator with federal clients and teammates; writes well and documents as a habit
- Bias toward fast delivery and early user feedback over conservative gating; learns from failure quickly
- Required Certifications (to be earned within 12 months of hire)
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F)
- Preferred Certifications
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
- AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional
- Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAR-F)
- CompTIA Security+
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Professional development and training
- Performance-based incentives
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Work from home stipend
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid holidays
- Flexible work schedule
- Professional development budget to be used for training and certifications
- STS is committed to equal employment opportunity and merit-based employment practices. STS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all employment practices and decisions in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Employment decisions at STS are based on individual qualifications, performance, skills, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, training, transfer, discipline, termination, layoff, recall, and leaves of absence. --- Applicants may request removal from our applicant database, or specific information about how the data is used by contacting [email protected].
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
- AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional
- Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAR-F)
- CompTIA Security+
About Simple Technology Solutions
IT Services & Consulting95 employeesFounded 2013
HUBZone U.S. government contractor delivering cloud, data, AI, and application-modernization services to federal law-enforcement agencies.
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