Lead Developer - Python, Java & AI

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Job Opportunity: Senior Software Engineer 4 – Cyber AI (Security & Agentic Workflows)

Location: Charlotte and Minneapolis (Hybrid – Onsite 3 days/week)

Team: Cybersecurity – Product & Discovery (Cyber AI)

Overview

The Cyber AI organization is expanding its Product & Discovery team and is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer (Engineer 4) with strong security mindset and hands‑on experience building AI-driven workflows. This team operates at the forefront of secure AI innovation—designing, evaluating, and deploying agentic and intelligent systems that support cyber defense strategy.

This role is ideal for an engineer who can ramp up quickly, thrive in ambiguity, and contribute to discovery‑stage work shaping next‑generation cybersecurity capabilities.

Must have:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong Python and Java
• Hands‑on experience with:
  • Vector retrieval
  • Embeddings
• Background in secure systems or cybersecurity
• Experience building or integrating agent‑based AI workflows

Nice to have:

• LLM application design and prompt workflows
• Cloud and distributed systems experience
• Cybersecurity or Threat Intelligence background

What You’ll Do

Core Engineering (80%)

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and components supporting Cyber AI workflows.
• Develop secure, scalable systems using Python and Java.
• Integrate and optimize vector retrieval technologies (vector DBs, embeddings, RAG methods).
• Build, test, and refine agentic workflows in partnership with P