Bestgate Engineering

Software Engineer

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 83 days ago
PythonJavaSpringBackend DevelopmentGitSQLNoSQLVector DatabasesAWSKubernetesLinuxRESTKafkaCybersecurityAgileCommunication

About the role

  • Bestgate Engineering is hiring for multiple software engineering opportunity at the intersection of backend engineering and applied AI.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build internal APIs, middleware, routing layers, and reusable services for secure AI integration.
  • Develop Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and reusable AI skills that connect models to databases, microservices, and external APIs.
  • Implement enterprise guardrails for privacy, sensitive data handling, prompt injection defense, and output validation.
  • Build and test software patterns for non-deterministic AI outputs and agent-like workflows.

Nice to have

  • Spring AI, LangChain4j, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, semantic caching, or AI observability tools.
  • NiFi, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL databases, Python scripting, or Big Data platform exposure.
  • DoD 8140/8570 certification readiness if required by the customer.
  • Best fit for a backend engineer who wants to make AI usable in real enterprise systems without compromising security or engineering discipline.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizenship and ability to obtain a U

This listing is sourced directly from Bestgate Engineering's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.