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Job Summary:
SEACORP is seeking to fill a Software Engineer IV - AI position to support the development, integration, testing, and sustainment of modern US Navy software systems using advanced AI-assisted software engineering workflows. The role involves leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance software delivery, improve code quality, and support various software engineering activities.
Responsibilities:
• Develop, integrate, test, and maintain software applications using modern AI-assisted software engineering workflows.
• Utilize AI development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Continue.dev, and related technologies to improve software engineering productivity and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with software engineers, architects, testers, and system integrators within Agile software development environments.
• Implement software solutions in Java and related technologies while applying secure coding practices and software engineering best practices.
• Utilize Git, GitLab, and Atlassian collaboration tools to support source control, issue tracking, code reviews, sprint execution, and software delivery workflows.
• Support AI-assisted code generation, debugging, test generation, refactoring, and documentation activities while validating outputs for correctness, maintainability, and security.
• Work within large and complex codebases while leveraging AI tooling to improve software comprehension, navigation, and development efficiency.
• Support CI/CD-driven software engineering workflows and automated testing approaches.
• Assist with the evaluation and adoption of emerging AI-enabled software engineering tools, workflows, and developer productivity technologies.
• Produce technical documentation, software artifacts, test evidence, and implementation guidance to support engineering and program objectives.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Required knowledge of Git, GitLab, Atlassian tools, VS Code, Cursor, Java, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Continue.dev, Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, software integration, or application development.
• Experience using AI-assisted software engineering tools and workflows to support software development activities.
• Strong experience with Git-based development workflows and collaborative source control practices.
• Experience with GitLab repositories, merge requests, branching strategies, and CI/CD integration workflows.
• Experience utilizing Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence within Agile software development environments.
• Strong proficiency with modern software development environments including VS Code and AI-enabled development extensions.
• Experience developing software applications in Java.
• Experience working within Linux-based development and deployment environments, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Familiarity with Linux command-line operations, shell scripting, package management, system services, permissions, process management, and development toolchains.
• Ability to evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated code outputs for correctness, security, maintainability, and operational suitability.
• Experience troubleshooting software defects, integration issues, build/test failures, and Linux-based runtime issues.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.
• Able to collaborate with others while being able to handle independent tasking.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Preferred:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with Team Submarine, SWFTS, US Navy program offices, TI/APB cycle.
• Experience generating and utilizing embeddings to improve software engineering workflows, semantic search, retrieval augmentation, or codebase understanding.
• Experience reducing context complexity and optimizing workflows for large software repositories and multi-project codebases.
• Experience developing software in C++, Python, Go, or Rust.
• Familiarity with containerized Linux development environments, Docker, Kubernetes, or DevOps workflows.
• Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks, MCP-based integrations, or agentic development environments.
• Experience with AI-assisted test generation, code review automation, or software documentation generation.
• Experience supporting software development within defense, government, or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with OpenClaw and Claude Cowork.
Company:
SEACORP corporation is a veteran-owned business focusing on systems engineering. Founded in 1981, the company is headquartered in Middletown, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.