Software Engineer 1

Job Description

Job Title

Software Engineer

Location

Issaquah, WA

Work Arrangement

On-site, Remote

Summary

Develop and integrate AI-enabled applications to improve internal business workflows and enterprise productivity. Build and refine LLM-powered solutions, RAG pipelines, document and knowledge retrieval workflows, and enterprise integrations using modern AI coding tools.

Software

Primary Duties

• Build, test, and maintain software components for AI and automation initiatives.
• Design and implement solutions involving RAG, document ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector search, semantic retrieval, prompt orchestration, and enterprise knowledge grounding.
• Contribute to backend services, APIs, orchestration layers, and data pipelines for AI applications.
• Utilize AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to enhance development speed, quality, and productivity.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Support deployment, monitoring, and enhancement of AI-enabled applications.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into software.

Compensation

Annual compensation: $74,200 - $85,000 (based on qualifications and experience).

Electricity

Job Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.

Experience

• One year of software engineering or application development experience.
• Preferred: Experience building AI applications (e.g., copilots, knowledge assistants), enterprise document processing, data integration, agentic AI patterns, CI/CD, containerized development, retrieval tuning, prompt iteration, and monitoring RAG systems.

Software/Equipment Knowledge

• Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST APIs, JSON-based integrations.
• AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot).
• Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application development.
• Preferred: Orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex), vector databases, model evaluation tooling.

Other Requirements

• Strong foundational knowledge of AI/ML concepts and hands-on exposure to modern AI application patterns (LLM integrations, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, RAG).
• Good understanding of software engineering fundamentals (APIs, databases, version control, testing, debugging).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Working Conditions

• Normal working hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Extended hours may be required.
• Position requires working from the Issaquah office at least four days per week.
• Additional remote work flexibility may be considered.