Full Stack Software Engineer
$148.5k - $227k+ Performance-based bonuses + Overtime + $600 annual lifestyle bonus
Senior
Bachelor's
Laurel, MD, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is required, though two additional years of experience may substitute.
- Six years of software development experience.
- One of the following certifications: AWS Certified Developer—Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning—Associate, AWS Certified Machine Learning—Specialty, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
- Proven experience building and maintaining production systems at scale.
- Experience designing and optimizing high-volume web application architectures.
- Strong background in systems integration across diverse technologies and platforms.
- Hands-on experience with cloud engineering, preferably AWS.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and common deployment patterns.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Experience implementing observability solutions such as application performance monitoring (APM), OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence across teams or organizations.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and create structure where needed.
- U.S. citizenship is required; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
- Applicants selected will be required to obtain or maintain a government security clearance.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure to support AI model inference at scale.
- Support the development and ongoing maintenance of production AI services and applications, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), autonomous agents, and emerging technologies.
- Navigate ambiguous and evolving requirements to define scalable, well-structured technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of new technologies, tools, and best practices across engineering teams.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for AI services.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.
- Ensure the availability, reliability, performance, and scalability of AI platform components.
- Contribute to and uphold security best practices for AI systems and data.
- Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers.
About the company
Visionist provides engineering, software development and analytical services for mission-critical intelligence projects, forming cross-disciplinary teams to own project success. Its work includes integrating AI/ML into mission systems, embedding data scientists in analysis, UX and data-analysis apps, signal/cyber/exploitation analysis, and security testing and vulnerability assessment. It works on large prime contracts that offer growth and leadership opportunities while keeping a small-team feel. Visionist aims to foster long-term employee ownership through an ESOP and deliver meaningful, mission-focused outcomes for clients.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Columbia, South Carolina
Founded
2010
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Visionist opened a second Columbia office on June 16, 2026, showing headcount demand.
- A September 1, 2026 DevOps role says the mission is fully funded.
- Visionist won two contract extensions in November 2025, preserving work into 2028.
What critics are saying
- Two prime contracts depend on extensions through 2027 and 2028.
- Hiring requires U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI polygraph, shrinking the talent pool.
- Loss of the single-award DoD contract would cripple revenue and threaten survival.
What makes Visionist unique
- Visionist is 100% employee-owned and embeds small analyst-engineer teams in missions.
- Its June 2026 expansion into a second Columbia building signals scale with retention.
- A five-year, single-award $210M DoD contract anchors its cyber-mission operations niche.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Flexible Work Hours
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Hybrid Work Options
- 401(k) Retirement Plan